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Politics: A year in review Politics: A year in review By Scott Atkinson | December 26, 2020 at 5:29 PM EST - Updated December 26 at 6:26 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - It seems like a long time ago, but it was only January that President Trump was facing impeachment. And north country congresswoman Elise Stefanik emerged as a key defender of the President, going at it with the Democrats leading the impeachment charge: “Will the chairman continue to prohibit witnesses from answering Republic...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 1:14 pm North Country Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the North Country “a lump of coal” when he announced that a North Country prison will close early next year. The Watertown Correctional Facility will close at the end of March, Cuomo announced Monday. Prisons in Ogdensburg and Gouverneur are expected to remain open. "I’m going to state an obvious fact: St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties are hom...

Clinton-Dannemora guard tower. Photo: Natasha Haverty Dec 21, 2020 — Two state correctional facilities in the North Country will permanently close in March 2021, affecting hundreds of prison jobs in the region. On a conference call Monday morning, state officials announced that Watertown Correctional Facility, the annex at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, and Gowanda Correctional Facility south of Buffalo will close next spring. According to state data, the prison in Watertown has ...

Clinton-Dannemora guard tower. Photo: Natasha Haverty Dec 21, 2020 — Two state correctional facilities in the North Country will permanently close in March 2021, affecting hundreds of prison jobs in the region. On a conference call Monday morning, state officials announced that Watertown Correctional Facility, the annex at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, and Gowanda Correctional Facility south of Buffalo will close next spring. According to state data, the prison in Watertown has ...

State to close Watertown Correctional Facility in 2021 WWNY State to close Watertown Correctional Facility in 2021 By John Moore and 7 News Staff | December 21, 2020 at 11:56 AM EST - Updated December 21 at 9:50 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The State Department of Corrections will close Watertown Correctional Facility on March 30, 2021. NYSCOPBA (New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association ) President Mike Powers tells 7 News he received word of the closure during...

Friday, December 18, 2020 - 8:37 am Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, says he applauds the decision from the International Joint Commission (IJC) to deviate from Plan 2014 to maximize outflows along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence corridor. The controversial plan has been blamed for higher water levels and recent years’ flooding along American shorelines. Just a few weeks ago, Walczyk led a coalition of state lawmakers and sent a letter to IJC Chairwoman Jane Corwi...

Cuomo signs bill that saves Watertown $3M on building a courtroom Home rule bill signed By 7 News Staff and John Pirsos | December 15, 2020 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 6:45 AM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Watertown won’t have to spend $3 million to build a new city courtroom. That’s because Governor Cuomo signed a bill that reduces the number of full-time Watertown city judges. State Assemblyman Mark Walczyk and State Senator Patty Ritchie, who co-sponsored the legislat...