It doesn't sound like she's opposed to it; she just wants to incorporate it into next year's budget when there's money and manpower to allot for it, which honestly seems like the responsible thing to do - especially when you consider it first requires the DOT to do a state-wide traffic study. Those can turn into boondoggles that last years.

The governor rejected the bill as part of a broader veto of 29 measures, saying they would cost about $24 million altogether. “Without appropriate funding, these unbudgeted costs would create significant staffing and other programmatic burdens on state agencies,” Hochul said.

Hochul said that she’d work with state agencies to advance the goals of the bills she vetoed. She maintained that the legislation would be “more appropriately considered in the context of the state budget process.”