The new state budget also includes expediting the closure of some state prisons.

The plan is to close five state prisons this year.

The Times Union reports that Governor Hochul now has three months to tell state lawmakers which prisons could shut down.

NewsChannel 13 is aware that Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County is being considered.

Governor Hochul says New York’s prison population has decreased by thousands in the past decade.

She also says this plan would save the state millions of dollars.