Home Care Workers and Consumers to Rally for PPL Transparency and Accountability as CDPAP Collapses

ALBANY, NY (03/04/2026) (readMedia)-- On Thursday, the New York Caring Majority and the New York Association on Independent Living will rally with home care workers, consumers, and lawmakers in support of two CDPAP-related bills sponsored by Senators Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas and James Skoufis. The group will also deliver a letter signed by over 70 organizations to Governor Hochul, urging her to include the Home Care Transparency Act in the state budget.

One year into the $11 billion CDPAP transition to private equity-backed Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), at least 150,000 workers and 90,000 consumers have fled the program. Governor Hochul claims the transition saved $1.2 billion, but has provided no evidence or detail. Recent emails obtained by the Empire Center reveal that Health Commissioner McDonald's testimony about early PPL contact contradicted state records-showing DOH officials met with PPL weeks before the Legislature even authorized the transition.

The Home Care Transparency Act would require PPL to provide quarterly and annual public reports on how their $11 billion CDPAP contract is spent, including utilization data, financial data, customer service complaints, payroll and wage information. Senator Skoufis' legislation (S9320) would clarify PPL's obligations to utilize Independent Living Centers as subcontracted Facilitators and ensure consumers are aware of their rights to these services. Currently, the 11 ILC facilitators collectively serve only 8,300 consumers-just 11% of their planned capacity-despite explicit teaming agreements requiring PPL to refer consumers to them.