ALBANY – The political chess match that is being waged here over the proposed West Side stadium continued yesterday, with the majority leader of the state Senate, Joseph Bruno, calling for public meetings on the $2 billion project, and Governor Pataki calling for an accelerated vote on a $300 million state subsidy.

Mr. Bruno, a Republican of Rensselaer, is one of three state officials whose unanimous agreement is needed to devote state funds to the 75,000-seat stadium, by virtue of a vote he controls on the Public Authorities Control Board. The other votes on the hitherto obscure body, whose approval is required for sale or financing of certain public assets, are controlled by the speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat of Manhattan, and Mr. Pataki.

Mr. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg have insisted a vote on state subsidies for the project take place before the International Olympic Committee decides on a host city for the 2012 Olympics. They have said New York City will have no chance of winning the bid if the stadium, which would be the principal venue for the Games, is not approved before the Olympic vote July 6 in Singapore.

The two men are also under pressure to see the project through because of charges from Mr. Silver that delays in the redevelopment of ground zero have resulted from their paying too much attention to the West Side project.

Messrs. Bruno and Silver have sought to delay the board’s vote on the project, citing continuing litigation related to the winning bid, divided public opinion, and the business plan of the Jets, who won the development rights over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Hudson Rail Yards. Mr. Bruno formally tabled a vote on state subsidies for the stadium late Tuesday. Mr. Silver, who has questioned the wisdom of the project in light of redevelopment delays in his Lower Manhattan district, is widely expected to table a vote at a special meeting next Wednesday of the Public Authorities Control Board.

Mr. Pataki’s representative on the board, John Cape, director of the state Division of the Budget, said yesterday the governor has provided sufficient information on the project already to warrant a board vote. He also said next week’s meeting would be open to the public, a tacit acknowledgment of Mr. Bruno’s request earlier in the day for public meetings.

By scheduling a special PACB meeting next week, Mr. Pataki is attempting to force a vote before the Olympic committee decision in seven weeks. Since each voting member of the board is allowed to table a single item once, scheduling a special meeting before the regularly scheduled June meeting means the legislative leaders will have to vote either for or against the project at one of the meetings.

Still, Messrs. Bruno and Silver suggested yesterday that their support for the stadium is diminishing rather than increasing. Mr. Silver said he now has “more questions than answers,” and Mr. Bruno appeared to be reaching for new methods of delay in a protracted discussion on the topic with reporters.

“What I really, as I’m thinking about this, what I’d kind of like to have happen,” Mr. Bruno said, “is that, and I haven’t had the privacy to talk to the governor, I think it’s time for the representatives of the different branches of government – the executive, the governor, the mayor, the speaker, myself – to maybe get together, and I would ask the governor or the mayor to initiate a public meeting to discuss the pros and cons of the West Side development. I think it’s time for us to start doing that in a public way.”

Mr. Bruno said he spoke with Mr. Bloomberg yesterday about the decision to table a vote on the stadium.

“He was very objective,” Mr. Bruno said of his fellow Republican. “He’s a professional, and we had a very professional conversation. We’ve had several conversations.”