Prisons To Stay Open
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- March
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Four upstate prisons that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to close will stay open, lawmakers said today.
The prisons were largely in the districts of Senate Republicans and in an election year, they weren’t about to let the facilities close and take the roughly 500 jobs with them.
Spitzer recommended the closing of Camp Pharsalia in Chenango County, Camp McGregor in Saratoga County, Camp Gabriels in Franklin County and the Hudson Correctional Facility in Columbia County.
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said state budget includes $10.7 million to keep each of the facilities operating. Gov. David Paterson has also agreed to keep the facilities open.
“I am elated that we have come to an agreement to keep the Hudson Correctional Facility open,” said Senator Steve Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, in a statement. “The people of Hudson and Columbia County have been living a nightmare since former Gov. Spitzer announced the decision to close the facility in January. The prison is one of the largest employers in the area employing over 300 people. ”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
