Just as the Philadelphia court system’s budget crisis for this fiscal year seemed to have abated after the General Assembly authorized the city to increase its sales tax, the First Judicial District and other city offices have been asked by the Nutter administration to brace for a second round of cuts in upcoming fiscal years.
Common Pleas President Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe said Tuesday that Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s budget staff has indicated the city court system might have to give up “several million dollars over the next two years,” taking the court down from around $99 million this fiscal year to around $91 million.
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