Just days after passing her first state budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul hit the campaign trail. She picked up two union endorsements and spoke with reporters about a contentious budget process that she maintains delivers for New Yorkers.

With a June primary on her mind, Hochul held two rallies with union workers to accept their endorsements for a full term.

The first was the building workers union 32BJ in Manhattan, followed by the union for subway and bus workers in Brooklyn.

Hochul said the state budget, which was passed by lawmakers over the weekend more than a week past when it was due, will not matter to most voters.

“New Yorkers are going to be very happy,” Hochul told reporters. “They don’t pay attention to whether something is a couple of days late or not. We got it done. A lot of people perhaps underestimated my ability to get the job done, according to what I’ve read for weeks. But that’s ok.”

Hochul was able to push changes to bail reform through a recalcitrant legislature, changes that were also sought by Mayor Eric Adams. But the mayor offered less than praise for the governor’s efforts, saying more needs to be done.

“I am proud to have the support of the statewide district attorneys, the Police Conference, the local district attorneys,” Hochul said. “A lot of people have stepped up and said they didn’t expect anything to happen in the budget.”

NY1 also asked Hochul about a plan hatched by Democratic State chairman Jay Jacobs to create an independent third party for Democrats to run on this fall in addition to the Democratic line. The rationale being that Republicans have both the Republican and Conservative lines for voters to choose from.

It’s a tactic Gov. Andrew Cuomo used with the Women’s Equality Party ballot line in 2014 and 2018.

Hochul says she is open to it.

“It’s certainly in the early stages of consideration. But you want to make sure you have all the options out there. And to make sure that you have a level playing field,” Hochul said. “They have more lines, and you want to make sure you are competitive. This is about winning in November.”

Critics say creating a new party will only lead to problems for Democrats down the road, since they won’t necessarily be able to control it.

“I put that in the category of shenanigans,” said deputy State Senate Majority Leader Michael Gianaris last week. “This is like Andrew Cuomo setting up the Women’s Equality Party to mess with The Working Families Party. Coming from the chair of an actual party to suggest creating a different party seems like something very peculiar to me.”

No word yet on whether the state party will follow through with the plan.