Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled her proposal last week to allow robotaxi services like Waymo to operate in smaller cities outside of New York City. Hochul had included the proposal in her January budget.
Hochul abandoned the proposal to allow Waymocommercial robotaxis in parts of New York state because, according to Bloomberg, the proposal would have failed.
“Based on conversations with stakeholders, including in the Legislature, it was clear that the support was not there to advance this proposal,” a spokesperson for the governor said…