What are Riker's Island and Sing Sing?
Sing Sing at the time expected to cost $14 million. The proposed museum would display the Sing Sing story as it unfolded over time. The expression "up the river" to describe someone in prison or heading to prison derives from the practice of sentencing people convicted in New York City to serve their terms in Sing Sing. The prison is literally up the Hudson River from the city. The slang expression dates from 1891. Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining,
SING! years 1953-1957. The 1989 film adaptation "Sing" is based on the "SING!" traditions. According to "The New York Times" review of the movie, the film's production notes say that Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, Carole King and Neil Sedaka, who attended various Brooklyn and Queens high schools in the mid to late 1950s, took part in "SING!" productions. Other SING! celebrities include Stuyvesant High School's Tim Robbins and Paul Reiser. Inter-SINGs are SING competitions held between different high schools. They have been held in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. Susan E. Wagner High School won the first