Update 7/22/26

Because the Court preliminarily approved the settlement, Class Members were sent official, court-approved notices by email and text message. Those notices provide more information and answer many commonly asked questions about the settlement.

The notices are also posted on the settlement website.

Class Members do not have to take any action to benefit from the Settlement.

The proposed settlement would cover all current and former personal assistants who were paid through Public Partnerships as the statewide fiscal intermediary for services performed as part of CDPAP in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and/or Westchester County (“downstate personal assistants”) at any time between March 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026.

Downstate personal assistants are encouraged to read the official notices. After reviewing those notices, email the Settlement Administrator at PublicPartnershipsSettlement@atticusadmin.com or call 800-314-2601, with any questions. If you did not work in New York City, Westchester, or Long Island, we unfortunately cannot represent you in this matter.

Previous Updates

7/1/26 Update
On July 1, 2026, a federal judge granted preliminary approval from the bench — pending entry of a formal written order — of a proposed $162 million wage-and-hour class action settlement. The settlement will benefit 200,000 personal assistants who were paid through Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the statewide fiscal intermediary for New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), and provided services in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County between March 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026.

Ruling from the bench in Calderon v. Public Partnerships, LLC, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi of the Eastern District of New York granted preliminary approval and certified a settlement class led by four plaintiffs, Philip Calderon, Farshad Pinchasi, Allison Fields, and Dana Folgar. Plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleged that PPL violated state and federal law by, among other things, failing to pay them accurately and on time, and by providing benefits that did not comply with the New York Home Care Worker Wage Parity Act. The settlement is, to Plaintiffs’ knowledge, the first private class action settlement under the Home Care Worker Wage Parity Act, and a historically large wage-and-hour class action settlement.

Under the settlement, eligible personal assistants do not need to take any action now. Following today’s preliminary approval, class members will receive formal notice of the settlement by email and text message. The court has scheduled a final approval hearing for November 10, 2026.

Class members and the public can continue to receive updates regarding the settlement here:

https://www.publicpartnershipssettlement.com/

Plaintiffs are represented by Richard Blum, Rebekah Cook-Mack, Michael Diller, B. Franco Olshansky, Elizabeth Saylor, Belkys Garcia, and Rebecca Antar at The Legal Aid Society and Hugh Baran, Emma Walters, and Avi Kumin at Katz Banks Kumin LLP.

6/24/26 Update

The parties have formally asked the Court to approve a settlement of $162M for home healthcare workers. Learn More.

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Plaintiffs Philip Calderon, Dana Folgar, Farshad Pinchasi, and Allison Fields sued Public Partnerships, LLC (PPL), the statewide intermediary for New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), in this class action, which was originally filed in April 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Katz Banks Kumin LLP and The Legal Aid Society represent the plaintiffs, who seek to represent a class of personal assistants in New York City and Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.  

The Plaintiffs allege that PPL failed to pay personal assistants accurately or on time, in violation of the New York Labor Law and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and that PPL failed to pay personal assistants in the manner required under New York’s Wage Parity Act. A copy of the most recent First Amended Complaint is available here.