![]() And ask, you know, is there anything we can do to keep you here? Is there any type of financial assistance or any type of assistance that we can provide you? You know, I was mayor here from 2010 to 2014. And, but you know, you don't know until you sit down at the table with these folks. I believe they've probably made their choice. It's not a whole big wide open door anymore. The door, there’s still a crack, you can still see light. Do I still have a little bit of optimism that, you know, we can sit down and discuss? Always. And disappointment, and disappointment not with the company. It's shocking, because, you know, it's like, cold water hitting you in the face, you know it’s coming, but even when it hits you, you still take that deep breath and go, ‘Oh’, you know. So is it heartbreaking and disappointing? Yes. So, but recently, you know, with the bankruptcies that they went through, and then the new ownership group, you know, we always had that thought in the back of our heads. And there's always been ‘Oh Remington’s closing and leaving’, you know, never really paid much attention to it. ![]() But 37 years, my dad worked there and provided a paycheck and raised four kids on that paycheck. You know, we being the village, the county, the general region, we've been hearing stuff for years. Stephens: I guess, heartbreaking, shocked, but not shocked. Thursday’s announcement came as a surprise to village Mayor John Stephens, who spoke with WAMC Friday morning. New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a Republican from the 21 st House District, placed the blame on New York’s strict gun laws. "Without these workers and their dedication to producing the best firearms in the world, this company simply would not exist.” “The workers in Ilion enabled RemArms to rise from the ashes of the Remington Arms bankruptcy in 2020-21," said UMWA International President Cecil E. United Mine Workers of America, a union that represents workers at the Herkimer County plant, issued a statement Thursday evening saying the news is a “slap in the face” to workers. The company has not responded to a request for comment, but did post a video to its Facebook page Friday morning detailing the move, citing the cost of operating the Ilion facility and New York's legislative environment as concerns. The move comes after financial struggles and bankruptcy proceedings in 2020. About 300 people work at the site in the Herkimer County village where the company was founded in 1816. Remington, the nation’s oldest gun maker, is closing its facility in Ilion, New York in March.
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