REMARKS
Purpose of the hearing and need for collaboration on elder fraud
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Council Member Hudson outlines the purpose of the hearing, emphasizing the need for collaboration between various city agencies and organizations to address elder fraud in New York City.
- The hearing aims to review the city's current efforts to educate and protect older adults from elder abuse, exploitation, and fraud
- It will also examine the city's ability and commitment to investigate criminal conduct
- Hudson stresses the importance of collaboration between NYC Aging, law enforcement, district attorney's offices, state and federal partners, and human service providers
- The threat of elder fraud compounds other challenges faced by older adults, such as affordability and housing security
Crystal Hudson
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At today's hearing, We'll review the city's current efforts to educate and protect our rapidly expanding older adult population from elder abuse, exploitation, and fraud, as well as the city's ability and commitment to investigate criminal conduct when it occurs.
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Addressing elder fraud in New York City requires close collaboration between city agencies, including NYC Aging, law enforcement officials, district attorney's offices, our state and federal partners, as well as the human service providers caring for older adults every day.
0:03:59
The threat of elder fraud further compounds issues of affordability, receiving benefits, housing security, and so many other challenges faced by our city's older adults.
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We should be doing all we can to keep them up to date on the latest scam so they can protect themselves.
