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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s distressed capital city filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, citing “imminent jeopardy” from lawsuits related to a debt-saddled municipal incinerator and setting up a power struggle between the mayor and City Council.
The federal petition for Chapter 9 bankruptcy listed about $458 million in creditors and claims, and six pending legal actions by creditors.
A spokesman for Mayor Linda Thompson, who has resisted calls for bankruptcy because of fears that it would further blacken the city’s name, said the City Council lacks the legal authority to seek it.
The filing was signed by Councilwoman Susan Wilson after a 4-3 vote late Tuesday by the council to authorize it.
