ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A federal judge in Brooklyn finalized a $162 million settlement on Tuesday for about 200,000 downstate Medicaid home care workers who accused Public Partnerships LLC of underpayment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lara Eshkenazi approved the deal in “Calderon v. PPL” to pay caregivers in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties who worked between March 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026…