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A state senator is calling for a criminal investigation into what he says was an alleged sweetheart deal for the brother in law of an Orange County official, Ar Blaise Gomez has the latest from Goshen. It's a growing scandal filled with a paper trail of five figure payouts and no bid contracts deeply unethical, allegedly, criminal web of lies, deceit and corruption, alleged corruption tied to a deal for the brother in law of the Orange County executive's right hand man in charge of hiring Langdon Chapman. Chapman and his co conspirators engaged in a no bid scheme all towards one singular goal. The theft of taxpayer funds. Senator James Skus says the county handed up bogus bids from other companies and skirted public bidding laws by giving Chapman's brother in law Isaac Sakic small payments totaling more than $800,000 for it services in auto renewed contracts to avoid raising red flags. Skuas says Sako's company, Star Cio has a business address tied to Sako's Westchester home. The allegedly went in foreclosure the same time he started getting paid by the county in January. Sakic says Skuas is wrong and sent news 12 an email saying his house was paid off in 2021 and that he has nothing to hide the allegations. Implicate a number of high ranking officials here and are being referred to several agencies for criminal investigation. We believe the facts are beyond damning. In Goshen blaze, Gomez News. 12 sis and several county legislators are calling on Chapman and anyone involved in the contract to resign.

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Orange County top attorney is shooting down allegations of wrongdoing after several lawmakers questioned a no bid contract for the relative of another high ranking county official, Richard Golden tells news 12 that the it services contract with Star C IO and its owner, Isaac Sakic had nothing to do with Langdon Chapman and was fully legal. Chapman is Saki's brother in law and the commissioner of human resources for the county. Golden says that two other companies were considered before Star Cio was chosen and that the county has done business with relatives of employees before somebody could say they don't like that and I can understand that. But if they don't like it, then the rules should be changed so that we're not just one off saying, well, I don't like it in this instance, but I think it's ok. In another instance, three county legislators first raised concerns with the no bid contract last week. And Senator James Goofus says the contract is a quote corrupt taxpayer funded, betrayal of constituents in essence called on Chapman to resign

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Sen. Skoufis claimed that a six-figure, no-bid contract for IT services was steered by the county's human resources commissioner to his brother-in-law.

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Meteorologist Addison Green back now with a look ahead to milder days, my friend. Yeah, we're not talking though, Kevin, like, break out the shorts though, so I gotta keep us still back in the closet. But we'll get the chance for maybe dealing with temperatures running a little bit better, more appropriate for this time of the year because the past few days have been a little bit more winter like than fall. Like after all, we are still in the middle of going through these fall days. Now go through your day on Thursday. It's gonna be getting a little bit better out there. Temperatures moving upward. They'll continue to move upward for your day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But we do have a deal of rain chances also on the rise. But you can certainly see over the next several mornings where we have been feeling that really big chill in the air. Thursday morning, temperatures around mid-twenties feeling about 20 degrees Friday, mid thirties feeling about 30 degrees and then by Saturday, 41 feeling close to that. So yeah, we're moving those numbers in a positive direction through your future cast. We go towards eight o'clock, 30 degrees in Poughkeepsie feels like 23 white way, same thing for you and then towards the 10 o'clock hour watching those numbers kind of still hanging around that same area towards Thursday morning. Though, temperatures around say Yorktown Heights been about 24 degrees go down towards around 29. Not bad. A little bit chilly out there to the Middletown area. Then by Thursday afternoon, temperatures certainly looking to be moving in a positive direction. Lots of locations feeling like the upper thirties. Now for Friday, we're going to be watching a storm system moving towards the northeast and as we bring in milder air, we're also bringing in that rain shower chain. So as we displace that colder air, we're not worried about any wintry mix or snow mixed on in with those rain showers, just rain coming on down and it should be wrapping on up by the time we get in towards early Saturday morning and then we'll get a dry day through that.

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Orange County DA denies request to investigate allegations against county official

County district attorney says he will not investigate allegations by State Senator James Goofus against a county official Day, David Holer cited a conflict of interest. Now on Wednesday alleged a six figure no big contract for it. Services was steered by the county human resources commissioner to his brother in law who says the State Attorney General or Comptroller would be best to handle this investigation.

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