NYPD Retiree: New York Must Do More to Protect Seniors from HHA Abuse

“Due to what I’ve experienced, I’m issuing a public plea for Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams and elected officials throughout the state to hold home health care agencies and aides accountable.”

Monica Arroyo-Horne was employed with the New York City Law Department, where she served as an Executive Level II Secretary and worked directly with Corporation Counsel Michael D. Hess.

She attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as well as the College of New Rochelle, in pursuit of her Master’s Degree in Communications. As an employee of the City of New York, she held discussions with a number of officials, including former mayor David Dinkins, Congressman Charles Rangel, former City Council member Charles Barron, Eric Adams, who currently serves as Mayor, and retired First Deputy Police Commissioner Howard Safir.

The Brooklyn resident was raised in a single family home in Jamaica (New York) with her mother Naomi Davis. In December of 2015, Ms. Davis was the subject of a special investigative report by The G-Man Interviews, which focused on incidents of abuse by numerous home health aides, also known as HHAs, that were recorded on video. Ms. Davis passed away in 2018.

In 2022, Ms. Arroyo-Horne retired from the New York City Police Department after 22 years of service as a Police Administrative Aide. She submitted this video in effort to inform and warn every elected official and New York State resident of the severity of the problem.

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