After stalled negotiations with supporters of the Grieving Families Act, Gov. Kathy Hochul late Monday vetoed the measure that had hoped to update New York’s 176-year-old wrongful death law.

Hochul’s decision, which she said was based on averting “unintended consequences” of a measure that had passed with overwhelming majorities in the Legislature, was issued nearly at the deadline for action on a bill that exposed divisions in New York’s legal community.

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