Caring Majority Rising

🔥WHAT POWER!!!🔥 100+ Caring Majority advocates +
@delgadoforny.bsky.social
discuss the fight to defend care in NY & #SaveCDPAP!

"Caring Majority, thanks for your persistence. That we're handing over CDPAP to private equity is VERY flawed... We must cancel PPL's contract & restore trusted FIs."

Cartoon-style speech bubble. Inside, it says, "Calling All consumers, PAs, and Designated Representatives!" Underneath, it says, "Help us track and bring to light issues New Yorkers are facing with PPL! Fill out our August CDPAP survey!" At the bottom is the Caring Majority Rising Logo.

CALL TO ACTION! Complete our August PPL survey to tell us how you've been impacted by the transition to PPL! forms.gle/gmXZyzGZWux1...

Past surveys have allowed us to alert electeds just how bad this transition has been. We hope this survey will play the same role @ the 8/21 Senate CDPAP hearing

Part 3:
—I am one of tens of thousands facing these issues. I call upon the Governor and the NY State legislature to stop this catastrophe before more harm is caused! Save CDPAP NOW. End the PPL monopoly and restore choice to this critical home care program!

Part 2:
—CDPAP has enabled me/my loved one to…[1-2 sentences on value of the program to you, personally]
—The Governor's switch to PPL has failed me in these three ways... [Describe each way in 1-2 sentences, being as specific as possible]
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We also drafted a sample template if anyone needs help getting started:

Part 1:
—My name is [YOUR NAME]. I live in [TOWN/CITY].
—I have been a [Personal Assistant, Consumer, Designated Representative etc] in the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program for the past [X] years.
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Instructions: Submit to steen@nysenate.gov, & CC
paula@caringmajorityrising.org

⭐️ Share how PPL has failed you, personally. Include in submission:
-first/last name
-title (if applicable)
-organization (if applicable)
-address, email, tel #
***Send w the subject line "CDPAP Hearing Testimony."

CALL TO ACTION! Submit a written testimony for the state senate CDPAP hearing. Instructions in the post below. Two red arrows pointing downwards and the Caring Majority Rising Logo.

Are you a consumer or PA who has been harmed by the transition to PPL?

It's really important that you make your voice heard & submit a written testimony for the State Senate CDPAP hearing! It doesn't need to be long or perfectly written – it just matters that it's personal to you. Instructions ⬇️

Voices of Disability Pride: 'Your disability is part of that power' says Julie Farrar This week on Voices of Disability Pride, we feature disability rights activist Julie Farrar. We discuss the importance of mentorship, confidence and connection in self-advocacy and activism.

Hand in Hand and @caringmrising.bsky.social member Julie Farrar participated in the Capital Crawl. In a recent interview with NPR she described the experience. Read the full interview 👇 www.btpm.org/disabilities...

Virtual Rally: How many more scandals? How many more lies? END PPL'S CONTRACT NOW! I'm attending an event: Virtual Rally: How many more scandals? How many more lies? END PPL'S CONTRACT NOW!. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/virtual-rally-how-many-more-scandals-how-many-mo...

RSVP here for the Zoom link: actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...

Virtual rally: how many more scandals? How many more lives? End PPL’s contract NOW! Newspaper clippings, taped photos of Governor Hochul and Health Commissioner Jim McDonald. Headlines include, “Worker at Hochul’s hand-picked homecare payment firm allegedly siphons off cash meant for participants,” “PPL president resigns amid troubled Medicaid home care transition,” “News 10NBC Investigates: Caregivers face uphill battle getting health insurance through state’s new PPL program,” and “Lawmakers questions leadership swap at company managing CDPAP home care program.”

PPL puts profit over people, and home care consumers and workers pay the price.

It’s time to end this contract. NOW.

Join us for a virtual rally this Weds @1 to demand that Gov. Hochul terminate PPL’s contract & restore the trusted providers that have kept CDPAP going for years.

RSVP below:

Come record video testimony with us! It'll be fun 🙂 (and it's a critical part of our strategy to get out the word about the PPL disaster) #SaveCDPAP

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/zoom-...

@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social

New York's home care system is in freefall:

🚨PPL's top executives are jumping ship
🚨Their systems are still broken
🚨Workers aren't getting paid
🚨And now PPL employees are stealing from the NYers they're supposed to serve

Gov Hochul: DO YOUR JOB. Terminate the contract and end the chaos.

Exclusive | Worker at Hochul’s hand-picked homecare payment firm allegedly siphons off cash meant for participants An employee of Public Partnerships, LLC — the company hand-picked by Hochul’s administration to act as the sole payment go-between for the state and participants in the Consumer Directe…

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: PPL employee caught stealing from THOUSANDS of home care workers.

This is Governor Hochul's "solution" to fraud in CDPAP? PPL IS the fraud.

End PPL's contract @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social

NOW.

nypost.com/2025/07/15/u...

"The Titanic is sinking, and the captains are abandoning ship. The collapse of PPL's executive leadership tells you everything you need to know about the current state of the PPL transition. When a company's CEO, CFO, and President all exit within weeks of each other, that's not a planned turnover - that's a company in freefall. This should be the final wake-up call for Gov. Hochul and DOH Commissioner McDonald to finally terminate this failed contract and restore the trusted local providers who successfully managed this program for decades. This leadership exodus demands answers: were these officials fired for PPL's catastrophic performance in New York? Did they resign rather than face accountability for the crisis they’ve created? The Senate's August 21 hearing must extract these answers from PPL - regardless of who may be left to answer them. Even more alarming is who’s taking control. PPL will now be run directly by the head of Linden Capital, a private equity firm that owns part of the company - a clear signal that cost cutting will drive even more decisions going forward. New Yorkers should brace for more corners cut, more workers left unpaid, and more consumers left without quality care. But no amount of leadership change can fix PPL’s fundamental incompetence. PPL has proven it cannot deliver basic services like paying workers or enrolling consumers - because they only care about the extraction of profits, not providing quality care. That will never change, regardless of who sits in the C-suite. It’s time to hit reverse on this failed contract and finally start demanding real accountability from this train wreck of a company. Every day we delay means more suffering for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers PPL continues to abandon."

Our full statement:

PPL’s C-suite exodus demands answers:

❓Were these officials fired for PPL's catastrophic failures?
❓Did they resign to avoid facing accountability?

The Senate's Aug. 21 hearing w Senators Rivera & @jamesskoufis.bsky.social must get answers - regardless of who may be left to answer them.

Even more worrisome: who’s taking control.

PPL will now be run by a private equity firm that owns part of the company, led by Miki Kapoor.

Expect even more cost cuts, more workers left unpaid and more consumers left without care.

The Titanic is sinking, and the captains are abandoning ship.

But no amount of leadership change can fix the systemic issues at PPL. PPL can’t deliver basic services - because they only care about the extraction of profits, not providing quality care. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

NY Lawmakers question CEO swap at company managing CDPAP home care program The new CEO also operates a private equity firm that shares ownership of the company.

🧵BREAKING: PPL's President, CEO, and CFO all left the company in recent weeks. That’s not a routine handover - that’s a company in crisis:

www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

When it comes to home care, there are 2 paths for legislators to take: #SaveCDPAP or #PPLHell

Pass S1189/A2735 & S7954/A8355 before the end of session! 100,000s of disabled, aging, & home care worker NYers are counting on you to do the right thing!

CALL YOUR REPS: actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...

Hey PPL! Hands off Our Care! Join with Caring Majority Rising, Downstate NY ADAPT and allies to blow the whistle on PPL at a rally outside PPL's Manhattan office! We will meet up at a Starbucks nearby and go to the action locatio...

NYC! Tomorrow @ 11am we're joining Downstate NY ADAPT to blow the whistle on PPL at their midtown office. Meet up at Starbucks near 1411 Broadway!

If you have a PPL horror story & want to share it tomorrow - please DM us ❤️

RSVP HERE:
actionnetwork.org/events/hey-p...

Happy Friday!

Angela needs PPL to pay her correctly so she can pay her rent. And you need to call your representatives before the weekend so we can pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

Linked below is a script and legislator lookup tool — this should take 5 mins tops!

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...

Caring Majority Rising Up! (Music Video WORLD PREMIERE) 🔥🔥🔥 – Caring Majority Team feat. Renee Christian

Please donate to CMR today to fund our advocacy in Albany to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Carol Gray is providing live-saving care for her son. PPL only paid her $3.77 for weeks of labor.

CALL your state reps to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act to save home care in NY and stop the PPL monopoly!

We've made it easy with this call script and legislator lookup:

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...

Call your state reps: Peoples lives are at risk - PPL doesn't pay! Hundreds of thousands of low-income home care workers in the CDPAP program haven't been paid for over a month. This is a crisis. The courts won't save us, the governor won't save us, we need the legis...

New Yorkers! We must pass the #SaveCDPAP Act to save home care in NY and stop the PPL monopoly!

Call your reps TODAY to ask them to sign on

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...

“Since April, my husband and I have had to have constant conversations about what’s going to happen if either one of us as disabled people are put into a facility.” —Erica Glick, Consumer

📣 Call your reps at link below to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

Last Week with Caring Majority Advocating for the #SaveCDPAP bill, fighting to save Medicaid, and countering smears against us by PPL

🗞 Last Week with Caring Majority from @lizzieknock.bsky.social

Advocating for the #SaveCDPAP bill, fighting to save Medicaid, and countering smears against us by PPL

nycaringmajority.substack.com/p/last-week-...

It’s PPL's Sixth Pay Day! Were you paid? PPL's sixth pay day was on May 15th. Caring Majority Rising, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York State and NY Association on Independent Living are continuing to track who do...

It’s PPL's Sixth Pay Day! Were you paid? How will PPL's health insurance policy impact you?

Please let us know! Your story has and will continue to make a difference.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CDPAP Advocacy Zap! Join Caring Majority Rising on Friday, May 16 at 2PM on ZOOM - Make calls, post on social media and take action together to #SaveCDPAP! RSVP now!

‼️ GOOD NEWS: WE HAVE A #SaveCDPAP BILL NUMBER (A8355/S7954)!!!

Join us in community on Zoom today at 2PM to make calls to your legislators and drum up support.

RSVP HERE: actionnetwork.org/events/may-1...

See you soon

Please support @caringmrising.bsky.social as we fight until we win a more just LTC system in NYS!