A new law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul gives New York authority to oversee private-sector labor disputes while the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lacks a quorum. The measure empowers the state’s Public Employment Relations Board to step in temporarily, but federal officials quickly pushed back, with the NLRB announcing plans to sue and calling the law an attack on its “core jurisdiction.” Legal experts say the conflict could test the limits of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on federal preemption of labor law, setting up a showdown over state versus federal authority in labor relations.
See "The NLRB Announces Its Intention to Sue Just as Governor Huchul Signs Bill Asserting Jurisdiction Over Labor Relations in New York", Christopher R. Williams, John S. Bolesta, Keahn N. Morris, James R. Hays , The National Law Review, September 12, 2025