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OBSERVER Photo by Anthony Dolce Assemblyman Joseph Giglio speaks during Tuesday's event. GOWANDA — On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the impending closure of three correctional facilities in New York state, including one in Gowanda. On Tuesday, state officials gathered outside the Gowanda Correctional Facility to question the decision of the March 31 closure. “To do this at this time of year, to all of these families and businesses is just terrible,” said State Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma. “We are calling on the governor to reverse this decision.” The sentiment fro...

adolce@observertoday.com Gowanda and state officials spoke Tuesday afternoon next to the Gowanda Correctional Facility to question the decision to close the prison. Photo by Anthony Dolce GOWANDA — On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the impending closure of three correctional facilities in New York state, including one in Gowanda. On Tuesday, state officials gathered outside the Gowanda Correctional Facility to question the decision of the March 31 closure. “To do this at this time of year, to all of these families and businesses is just terrible,” said State Sen. Patric...

Gowanda Correctional Facility is one of three state prisons now scheduled for closure. Author: Jackie Roberts, WGRZ Staff Published: 7:50 PM EST December 22, 2020 Updated: 8:13 PM EST December 22, 2020 GOWANDA, N.Y. — On Tuesday, local and state leaders alongside union representatives gathered outside the Gowanda Correctional Facility, calling on the governor to reverse his decision to close it in 90 days. The people who spoke out against the decision told reporters the closure will have a negative impact on the community and correctional syst...

GOWANDA — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio, the ranking minority member of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, was critical of the governors’s plan to close three Upstate prisons — including the Gowanda Correctional Facility. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration will close the Gowanda facility, the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex in Dannemora and the Watertown Correctional Facility by March 30 as the state’s fiscal crisis deepens and the population of inmates wanes. More than 900 members of the New York State Corrections Officers Police Benevolent Association, the union...