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Senator Schumer Backs Sing Sing Museum Plan
By wamc.org- Allison Dunne
Published: 07/02/2014

New York’s senior U.S. senator has put his weight behind an effort to build a museum at a world-famous prison in Westchester County. He says the museum would have the potential to occupy a “must see” list for the New York City metropolitan area.

Democratic Senator Charles Schumer says the museum at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, which sits along the Hudson River, would be among the first at an active prison and a major driver of tourism for the Hudson Valley.

“We have the potential here to create the Alcatraz of the East, a tourist destination that could attracts hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of tourists each year,” says Schumer.

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