CONGRESSMEN OPPOSE ARSENAL JOB CUTS MCNULTY AND SOLOMON SAY WORK FORCE SHOULD DROP NO LOWER THAN ITS CURRENT 1,173.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer

WATERVLIET Two Capital Region congressmen met Wednesday with the secretary of the Army to object to any further reduction in force at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Today, 123 arsenal workers will receive their last paychecks. A total of 300 cuts were announced a year ago. They were attributed to the end of the Cold War and subsequent reductions in the U.S. military budget.

But Reps. Michael McNulty, D-Green Island, and Gerald Solomon, R-Queensbury, are now working to make sure that the arsenal work force drops no lower than 1,173, the employment level beginning Friday.

The meeting with McNulty, Solomon …