The politically powerful 1199 SEIU, which counts more than 450,000 members, has been reaching out to prospective bidders behind the scenes, urging them to agree to 200,000 CDPAP homecare workers unionizing under its umbrella and to increasing their wages.
Part of Hochul's suggested reforms to cut costs in the rapidly growing program involves putting up a huge contract up for bid that would consolidate the work currently done by the 700 middlemen firms under one company chosen by the Department of Health.
The memorandum of understanding shared with The Post states that the firm who snags the state contract "will remain neutral with respect to the question of whether CDPA's choose to be represented by 1199 SEIU."
A source familiar with one prospective contractor's efforts to get the deal said the firm felt pressured to sign the MOU in order to placate the union, which has for years taken an increasingly heavy hand in crafting policy in New York.
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