The Unified Court System in New York is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to approve a nearly $45 million, or 2 percent, budget increase over last year’s spending plan for the state’s courts to combat court backlogs and finance staffing and salary increases in the judiciary.

The increase would bring the total spending by the court system to $2.28 billion for state operations in the next fiscal year, which begins in April. The judiciary is also seeking $24 million in capital appropriations, or infrastructure spending, for technology, security and records management.