The Philadelphia court system, the District Attorney’s Office, the Defender Association and the City Law Department are all slated to take cuts under Mayor Jim Kenney’s latest budget proposal, which was recently revised to reflect the grim financial situation the country has found itself in during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agencies are facing a range of proposed cuts, and leaders were quick to stress that the process is still ongoing. However, the agencies are bracing for belt-tightening, which could mean delayed tech investments, not hiring new attorneys and putting strict caps on the legal spend for outside counsel.