As the Washington budget brinksmanship known as sequestration nears a March 1 deadline, federal judges and court officials in New York are bracing for cuts in funding they say will have a marked effect on the efficiency of court operations and public safety.
From pretrial services and probation officers, to interpreters, to staffing in the clerks’ offices, officials say the danger is that the forced budget cuts from sequestration would come on top of reductions that have already strained services over the last few years. The result, they fear, will be employee furloughs, slower courthouse operations and, possibly, the suspension of civil trials.
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