ALBANY, N.Y. -- With less than two weeks until the state plans to transition from roughly 600 fiscal intermediaries who facilitate payments under New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) to just one, voices in opposition of the deadline are literally getting louder.

"For the love of all that is holy and heaven and earth, delay the goddamn date," state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, D-Bronx, said at a Wednesday rally.

They're getting louder in the figurative sense as well. AARP, the nation's largest non-profit focusing on issues for people over the age of 50, sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking her to delay the April 1 deadline, citing concerns over the current enrollment levels of both people who need care and their caregivers.

And during that Wednesday rally, sttae Sen. Leroy Comrie reiterated the request he and eight other senators made in a letter to Hochul last week that she issue an executive order pushing the transition to June 1.

"The cost of this is too high," Comrie said. "Too many people will be harmed. For us to rush this process, just to appeal to people's egos."

The governor's office, however, said "much needed CDPAP reforms" are still on track with 180,000 CDPAP consumers that have "taken action" as part of the transition and 150,000 workers who have started or completed the process. The office is vowing to work with and support all stakeholders throughout the process.

"There's been a lot of controversy and discussion about whether the transition is a good idea and whether the timeline the state has set for it is achievable. Those are important questions. I actually was looking at a slightly different question," Fiscal Policy Institute Health Policy Director Michael Kinnucan said.

The Fiscal Policy Institute issued a report this week examining the health insurance options new intermediary Public Partnerships LLC will offer to workers. He said in the New York City area, they will be required to enroll in an expensive, barebones plan.

"It's no real health insurance," Kinnucan said. "It is just preventive care."

Upstate, he said workers will have the option of paying into a plan that offers no coverage until they meet a $6,350 deductible. While he said enrolling in that plan is not a requirement, it does create another set of issues.

"A lot of sources of coverage for these workers will say, look if you're offered another source of coverage, if you're on your spouse's plan but you could get coverage through your own employer, you're obligated to take it and you're not eligible for the insurance you're already on," Kinnucan said.

He said if the governor is not willing to extend the entire transition deadline, the state should at least delay offering the health insurance for several months, to figure out those issues. Otherwise, he said workers may have to make the decision of losing current coverage or changing careers.

"Under CDPAP today, thousands of full-time workers have no health insurance because their fiscal intermediaries simply don’t offer it – and that’s unacceptable. Under the new CDPAP transition, every full-time CDPAP worker in New York will have access to health insurance. The State will work closely with all stakeholders to ensure that CDPAP workers are fully informed about their health insurance options as part of the transition," a spokesperson for the governor said.