A federal judge in Brooklyn granted Amazon a preliminary injunction blocking New York's Public Employment Relations Board from enforcing a new law that would let the state hear private‑sector labor cases when the federal NLRB lacks a quorum.
The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee, is the first court test of the statute and pauses enforcement while judges decide whether the state may act in place of the federal agency.
The case raises questions about federal preemption and could have broad implications for state responses to federal agency vacancies.
