Orange County Special Legislative Committee Begins Interviews on Controversial IT Contract

Published on November 15, 2023

A special Orange County legislative committee tasked with straightening out the facts surrounding a controversial county IT contract began the first batch of interviews on Nov. 14. Two county department heads—General Services Commissioner Samantha Sweikata and Human Resources Commissioner Langdon Chapman—gave testimonies pertaining to the $800,000-plus StarCIO contract and fielded questions from the bipartisan committee. Chaired by county legislator Kevin Hines, the committee comprises legislators Thomas Faggione, Robert Sassi, and Kevindaryán Luján, all appointed by county legislature chairwoman Katherine Bonelli. The special committee was formed in response to allegations by New York Democratic state Sen. James Skoufis, along with several Democratic county legislators, that the StarCIO contract was mired in a corrupt scheme involving top-level county officials....

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