UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 25

         NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
                 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                               Commission File Number: 001-14910


                Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc.; American Stock Exchange
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         (Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of
              Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)


                 42 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY (315) 287-2600
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       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                 code, of Issuer's principal executive offices)


                          Common Stock, par value $0.01
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                      (Description of class of securities)


         Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied
upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:

         [ ]  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)

         [ ]  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)

         [ ]  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)

         [ ]  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)

         [ ]  Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with
its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw
registration on the Exchange.

         [X]  Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the
rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the
voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on
the Exchange.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this
notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized
person.


September 22, 2008                     By: /s/ Richard F. Bennett
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Date                                       Richard F. Bennett
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer