{"id":78671,"date":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78671\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:58:06","slug":"philadelphia-da-controller-and-judges-sworn-into-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78671\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia DA, controller and judges sworn into office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krasner also offered a warning to federal officials to stay out of the city\u2019s legal system, making a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to send National Guard members<\/a> into other major cities.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if anybody, including the guy in D.C., doesn\u2019t want that, if they want to \u2018f\u2019 around, then they\u2019re just going to, they\u2019re going to find out,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

Brady took the oath for her first full term as controller after winning an interim election to succeed Rebecca Rhynhart, who resigned to run for mayor in 2022.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work has strengthened building inspections, helping ensure construction is carried out safely and neighbors feel secure in their homes,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve uncovered misuse of the city\u2019s real estate tax relief program, helping ensure benefits only go to eligible Philadelphia homeowners.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

Brady also vowed to look deeper into the city\u2019s finances in her next four years on the job, especially surrounding the 2026 celebrations of America\u2019s 250th birthday<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOur city will be center stage for many big historical events that will mark our nation\u2019s history and define our city moving forward, and with that spotlight comes responsibility,\u201d she said. \u201cThere will be a significant amount of money, taxpayer dollars flowing through our city. The city must be accountable for every dollar coming in and every dollar coming out.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Brady also vowed to review Philadelphia Gas Works and the city\u2019s pension system.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs chairwoman of the gas commission, working alongside Vice Chair Councilmember Mike Driscoll, we plan to conduct a thorough review of PGW\u2019s operations, identifying opportunities to advance environmental responsibility while maintaining affordable rates<\/a> for customers,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

The pension system review will help ensure that the city is on its way to completing all back payments to the fund by 2033. The pension fund had been underfunded but has been steadily increasing since fiscal year 2018, when the city began increasing contributions beyond the state-mandated minimum amounts<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Krasner also offered a warning to federal officials to stay out of the city\u2019s legal system, making a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[336,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-78671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-larry-krasner","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}