Talk of Jail In Schuyler Forces One Business to Threaten to Leave

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Talk of Jail In Schuyler Forces One Business to Threaten to Leave

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Story Created: May 21, 2008 at 11:58 PM EST

Story Updated: May 22, 2008 at 9:25 AM EST

As talks about building Herkimer County's future jail heat up, in the Town of Schuyler, one business owner there starts talking about moving out.

The Corrigan family owns WILCOR Distributors, a supplier of wholesale sporting and recreational goods, a company that employees 48 full time workers and an additional 20 temporary workers. Officials with WILCOR say they moved to the Schuyler business park nearly 4 years ago and have been happy there ever since. However they say they were blind sided with talks of the future jail potentially going behind their building.

Shawn Corrigan, Vice President of WILCOR< says the county is only worried about finding a site for their jail, and not concerned with the future of the businesses already there.

Herkimer County legislator, and member of the public safety committee, Jim Bono says the Corrigan family doesn't understand what the county is trying to do. Bono says by building the jail in the Schuyler business park, they are helping the infrastructure there.

Bono says providing more sewer and water, the site will be shovel ready to any future business hoping to come to Schuyler.

Although it remains the county's most sought after site, the Schuyler business park is not the chosen site. Studies are currently underway, by both the Mohawk Valley Water Authority, and the Department of Environmental Conservation, to see if the site is viable. If it is, the piece of land will be brought before the Public Safety Committee, then if approved, the full legislature will have to vote on it.

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Friday, May 23 at 9:35 AM Another Herkimer resident wrote ...

Sorry but the Schuyler site isn't 25 miles round trip its about 14. Since I take Rt 5 back and forth to work in Utica everyday I know this. And yes they can afford to transport since they are paying to transport all the way to OCJ, not to mention pay to board out at OCJ.

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Friday, May 23 at 7:55 AM Anon wrote ...

Theres one in every crowd. Someone somewhere in the valley has to complain about somthing.

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Friday, May 23 at 7:47 AM the riff raff wrote ...

wake up, the riff raff is already here. we are an poor community, and people will go to great lengths to make money!

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Friday, May 23 at 3:10 AM Herkimer Res wrote ...

I have lived next to the current Herkimer County Jail fof 13 years.Taxpayers cant afford to travel 25 miles back and forth to Schuyler.Put the jail at the Burrill site.

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Friday, May 23 at 1:47 AM average joe wrote ...

If it weren't for infrastructure improvements tied to OCJ there wouldn't be half the businesses that are around the old Oneida County Airport. Leave to pretentious jerks like the Corrigan boys to act so indignant and ignorant at the same time. Are they dumb enough to think prisoners will be running around loose?

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Thursday, May 22 at 9:34 PM lets move to oneida county wrote ...

Yes, they do bring alot of family here, but thats not all bad. My brother met his wife that way and my sister currently dates a released inmate who really is reformed. It's a two way street. There is good with the bad. Lets put it at Griffis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thursday, May 22 at 8:51 PM just another opinion wrote ...

sorry about wilcor's feelings on the topic.cant say that I wouldnt have the same worries if it were to go into my backyard, change is scary.however,arent people shipped to onieda county jail from herkimer on a continous basis,let Herkimer take care of being able to house its prisoners,not wanting a jail doesnt mean shipping everyone to ocj.wake up to reality our county needs the capacity to house our prisoners.

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Thursday, May 22 at 7:31 PM sad sad sad wrote ...

wilcor cry babies its a jail its not like the inmates will be running wild in the streets hey maybe you'll get business from their families coming to but stuff to break them out hahaha just try to throw out the jobs it produces and the security someone else will take your building being by a jail must be safe look at all the cops ect around hummm are you commiting illegal crimes must be to cry about it move on out

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Thursday, May 22 at 6:30 PM Eyenstein wrote ...

They can leave as soon as they pay back the money they got in tax breaks.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 PM Schuyler resident wrote ...

County Jails house LOCAL inmates, their families are already here, they are your neighbors,friends, and sometimes even relatives. Stop complaining! The jail has to go somewhere! You want to complain about the state jails.... Can you imagine what the economy would be like here without the 2000 plus employees of the 4 state prisons nearby. This whole section of the state would be bankrupt.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:00 PM goforit wrote ...

wow all of this response of moving out from a company that buys all their products overseas and not from american made companies. go figure.

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Thursday, May 22 at 3:25 PM Spouting wrote ...

let them leave

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Thursday, May 22 at 2:21 PM county resident wrote ...

County jails DO NOT BRING THE FAMILIES OF THE INMATES WITH THEM. Do some research people. County jails house people sentenced for less than 2 years. State prisons are the ones attracting families. As far as Rome goes, there is no county facility in Rome, so it this topic has nothing to do with Rome. Rome has STATE PRISONS.

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Thursday, May 22 at 1:09 PM me too wrote ...

Jails seldom bring the riff raff because most of our inmates are here for a short time.We will always get riff raff because SOCIAL SERVICES is in Herkimer. That is what brings in the lowlifes. They have to be close enough to get their free food and housing.Sit in front and watch the people that go in and out.

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Thursday, May 22 at 1:01 PM Me wrote ...

Just recently drove past Midstate Correctional Facility and Marcy Psychiatric Center-beautiful homes, lots of little kids out playing and riding bikes. Doesn't look like their quality of living has been compromised and that thos are prisons, not jails.

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Thursday, May 22 at 12:25 PM todd wrote ...

why even have jails? eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth...but instead lets give out tax $ to feed, shelter, educate criminals!!! Either way, in the end, this might be another reason/excuse gas prices will rise AGAIN!

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Thursday, May 22 at 11:57 AM A Great idea!-From Rome to you wrote ...

Have the Rome BOE people come in and take over this project. They'll have a site picked out and breaking ground by the weekend regardless of what anyone thinks. And the more opposition they get from the taxpayers, the more angry and determined they become. They've done a great job in doing that here so we'll lend you Simmons for a while and throw in the old crew considering they have free time now to get things moving in the direction they feel it should go.

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Thursday, May 22 at 11:56 AM corner wrote ...

this from a company who has a history of employing parolee'scome on get real this aint gonna affect your sales or profit margins

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Thursday, May 22 at 11:46 AM What A Joke wrote ...

Fix the old Jail ! It is supposed to be able to be 3 stories tall - If it cant be - SUE the jails original contractor - Cant do that - he is one of the good ol boys !

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Thursday, May 22 at 11:28 AM Money, Money wrote ...

The Jail is a business. It is going to bring revenue to the county by boarding in prisoners from other counties. It will generate profit just like any other business in the park.

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Thursday, May 22 at 10:24 AM why us wrote ...

Hey "let move to oneida county", lets not. We have enough rif raf already, and enough jails. Yes our jails also bring the families of these inmates. We have enough as it is, you can keep it!!

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Thursday, May 22 at 9:43 AM Anonymous wrote ...

People really need to get a grip...would they like to be unemployed more than letting a jail be built? My god the jail is currently right in town in Herkimer and there is no problems...what is the big deal? People just like to grip and complain

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Thursday, May 22 at 9:37 AM Get involved wrote ...

Do not complain unless you get involved. They have talked about this location for months, why start complaining now? Why not months ago and saved us taxpayers some money.

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Thursday, May 22 at 9:20 AM oh well wrote ...

SCHYLER NEEDS WATER AND SEWER........wrong!!! lots of residents there do not want sewers....look at the plan, it will not help the average resident by being implemented on one side of the road. also if you look at the land around the business park....for ex: the other side of the road from G&I is not commercial zoned

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Thursday, May 22 at 8:24 AM hans wrote ...

Lots of businesses around the Oneida County Jail in Oriskany, "Employees afraid of having a jail near them". It's a Jail not a State Park. Besides, maybe like down south, the County might have some of the inmates out picking up trash around the park. Sorry, forget that plan, it involves making them work.

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Thursday, May 22 at 8:00 AM MCSBM wrote ...

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THIS THINK ABOUT IT,SCHYLER NEEDS WATER AND SEWER,THIS IS THE WAY TO GET IT,DONT FIGHT IT,USEIT TO OUR ADJANTAGE.IF THEY WANT TO USE THE FLATS TOO RUN THERE LINES, BUILD THE JAIL THERE.YOUR RIGHT,LOOK AT DOWN TOWN HERK.IT CHANGED ALOT WITH THE JAIL,FOR THE BAD, JUST RIDE BY AND LOOK AT THE HIGH QUALITY CITIZENS A JAIL BRINGS TO US.BESIDES THERE IS ALOT OF LAND HERKIMER COUNTY OWNS AND COULD USE, IF IT WASTNT CALLED ADIRONDACK PARK

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Thursday, May 22 at 7:56 AM lets move to oneida county wrote ...

Move the jail to Oneida county. Then hire only Oneida County residents to staff it, feed it, maintain it etc. We could use the jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thursday, May 22 at 7:51 AM Frankfort wrote ...

They need to do something soon, the tax payers are currently paying big bucks to keep their prisoners in other counties like Oneida. Herkimer is a very big county, pick a spot out in the country, out of the valley. Maybe they should put it up in old forge right next the million dollar cabins the all the New Jersey'rs own. It will be just like home for them.

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Thursday, May 22 at 7:31 AM bob wrote ...

replace the old jail across from the court house that is wasting space as a "historical site" with a new jail, built to temporarily house inmates. Then, make the structural corrections to the present jail and rent the space to other communities.

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Thursday, May 22 at 7:20 AM Yankee hater wrote ...

NYS should redo our license plate. We should be change our state motto from the Empire State to the Prison State and the statue of liberty on the new plate should be shown in an orange jumpsuit and her hands in shackles in front of her

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Thursday, May 22 at 6:57 AM wad wrote ...

herkimer county citizens will never agree on a jail site. the state should just shut down the jail then herkimer could tear down the old jail and build on that site. its a no brainer, but i forgot- no one in hekimer county has a brain !!!!

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Thursday, May 22 at 6:36 AM anonymous wrote ...

I wonder if Bono would feel the same way if he had a business there...I highly doubt it!! Nobody wants to be neighbors with a prison.

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Thursday, May 22 at 6:06 AM lket wrote ...

yeah lets ruin Schuyler just like Rome was ruined with all the riff raff that comes with a jail,think of the bussinesses that have been there for years and the families.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:57 AM m.r. wrote ...

The legislature has backed down on every single site so far because of a little opposition.If there is opposition at Schuyler too they might as well build it in Herkimer so taxes don't go up so much.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:52 AM ME wrote ...

Helping the infrastructure?? Oh Please! It is a Business Park for business. A correctional facility has no business being in a business park. It's for consumers and businesses. How about puting it in "good god's" back yard!!

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:34 AM scc wrote ...

It is a "BUSINESS PARK" not a prison park. Of course business don't want it there. Why don't they put the prision in Jim Bono's backyard.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:23 AM not surprised wrote ...

It's a county jail. Have you driven by the jail in Herkimer now??? You don't even know what is in there. It just looks like any other building. Stop whining about it . They have to build it someplace. It is NOT going to effect your business. Open your eyes and stop the complaining.

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Thursday, May 22 at 5:18 AM upset wrote ...

why couldn't they have bought the land by where the jail currently is? the county has had this problem with the kail for many years and are waiting for the last minute to fix it.

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Thursday, May 22 at 12:57 AM sal b. wrote ...

nothing new, oneida and herkimer counties driving businesses out of here.

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Thursday, May 22 at 12:42 AM Yessir! wrote ...

Prison Planet!

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Thursday, May 22 at 12:25 AM good god wrote ...

Where the hell do people want it, the Moon?

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