After months of expectation, advertising wars, celebrity speeches and rallies, state lawmakers agreed yesterday to delay a vote on the proposed West Side stadium, slowing the Jets' push to clear the final approval hurdle. "Consistent with the past practices of the board, I am honoring this request," Pataki's budget director, John Cape, who is chairman of the board, said in a statement. Bruno asked for a one-month delay, because by then he said the state Supreme Court would rule on lawsuits opposing the project.