On March 14, 2023, Judge Ashely M. Chan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “Court”) ruled that the City of Chester, Pennsylvania (the “City” or.
If a solution to Chester’s financial woes is not implemented by the end of 2023, Chester’s receiver could look to deem the city nonviable. He’s trying to avoid that scenario.
With Delaware County’s only city facing bankruptcy, the court ruled “a culture of denial, blame-shifting, arrogance, and nepotism within Chester government made this decision “not only permissible, but necessary.”