Orange County Special Legislative Committee Begins Interviews on Controversial IT Contract

Orange County legislators Kevin Hines (2nd R) and Kevindaryán Luján (2nd L) hear from the county's general services commissioner, Samantha Sweikata, during a special investigative committee meeting in Goshen, N.Y., on Nov. 14, 2023. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

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.