DOCCS chief: NY would eliminate 2,500 beds under Cuomo`s prison closure plan
(World News USA)

It`s still not known how many prisons or which prisons would close if Gov. Andrew Cuomo`s budget proposal is adopted, but Anthony Annucci - acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision - revealed some information about the plan at a legislative hearing Wednesday. Annucci was asked about prison closures during the public protection budget hearing in Albany. Cuomo, who has closed 17 prisons since taking office in 2011, wants authority from state lawmakers to expedite the closure of more state prisons. Under the proposal, Cuomo could close prisons if he gives state legislative...