Some 280,000 New Yorkers use the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. A fraction have been able to sign up with the state's chosen provider.

What will happen if thousands of people who depend on home care aides miss an imminent deadline? The state has yet to say.

People who rely on medicaid’s home care program, known as CDPAP, said they want the governor to delay the April 1 registration deadline. They said they’re having difficulties navigating the new ...