POWER OF ATTORNEY

	I, Robert W. Barlow, an Officer of Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Corporation"),hereby authorize and designate James D. Campanaro
or any partner of the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
as my agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to:

	(1) Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required or considered by the attorney-in-fact to be advisable
under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the Corporation's
securities and file the same with the SEC and each stock exchange on
which the Corporation's stock is listed;

	(3) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the
Securities Act of 1933 with respect to a sale by me or on my behalf of
the Corporation's securities and file the same with the SEC; and

	(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite,necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or evocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holding of and transactions in securities issued
by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

Date: 04/3/2024						/s/ Robert W. Barlow
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							Robert W. Barlow