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This is great since LaSalle is a conservative judge who ruled against union workers and abortion rights proponents.
Also, this stood out to me:

while one Democrat and all six Republicans voted in favor “without recommendation.”

That seems to signal that even if his nomination had been approved, he probably wouldn't have had the votes in the Senate to actually get the confirmation.  

The governor has not ruled out taking legal action to force a vote of Justice LaSalle on the full Senate floor, raising the specter of a high-stakes constitutional showdown.

Wow, she really wants to fuck over the union groups that helped her win a race that was much tighter than it should have been. It's not a winning strategy. 

The State Constitution says that a governor must make judicial appointments with the “advice and consent of the Senate.” Ms. Hochul, and some legal experts, have interpreted that to mean that the entire Senate, not just a committee, must vote on her nominee.

That's literally what the US Constitution says as well but that doesn't mean that's how the system works. Not to mention the committee is part of the Senate and therefore could fit into the Senate cited in the New York Constitution.

Over the weekend, the governor was joined at a rally in the Bronx by a cohort of top Democrats, including Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the U.S. House minority leader, who spoke in favor of Justice LaSalle

And yet another reason to dislike Jeffries.
Good riddance.