New York Caring Majority Responds to CDPAP Worker Wage Theft Settlement

NEW YORK, NY (06/24/2026) (readMedia)-- In response to the $160 million settlement reached between Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) and CDPAP home care workers represented by Legal Aid NYC, Lolli Edinger, CDPAP Worker and Steering Committee Member of New York Caring Majority, released the following statement:

"PPL stole from home care workers, and today, workers rightfully won $160 million back. This is what happens when working people refuse to be silenced. But let's not mistake accountability for justice. A settlement doesn't repair the damage PPL has done to the CDPAP program, to the workers who went without pay, or to the New Yorkers who have lost their aides and essential care that helps maintain their independence. Coming just a week after a damning Department of Justice lawsuit, PPL has proven repeatedly that it cannot be trusted with one of the most essential health care programs in this state. We are celebrating today's win, but we will not stop fighting until Albany ends the PPL monopoly, makes workers whole, and returns CDPAP to the community providers who actually know how to do this job."

Background:

Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the company that now administers the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP.) CDPAP is the Medicaid program that serves older and disabled New Yorkers in need of homecare. Over a year into the $11 billion transition to a private equity-backed Statewide Fiscal Intermediary (SFI), as many as 150,000 workers and 90,000 consumers have fled the program due to PPL's payment failures, most switching to more expensive traditional homecare.

CDPAP is a lifeline for New Yorkers in need of homecare, and provides hundreds of thousands of caregiving jobs. But basic information about what has happened to the money paid to PPL to operate this critical program remains hidden from lawmakers and the public. Governor Kathy Hochul continues to claim that the new system saved New York $1.2 billion dollars, but no details have been provided to back this claim. New Yorkers have no clear picture of how Medicaid dollars meant to provide care are being spent, or whether the switch to PPL is actually saving money while delivering adequate care to hundreds of thousands of older and disabled New Yorkers.

About the NY Caring Majority

NY Caring Majority is an organization of people with disabilities, older adults, family caregivers, and homecare workers. We are organizing to build a sustainable and just caring economy. We call for greater investments in home and community-based care, as a necessary means to meet our broader goal of dignity, self-determination, access and justice for all.

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