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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping New York’s labor board from enforcing a new state law that would let it handle private-sector labor disputes while the National Labor Relations Board lacks a quorum. The ruling sided with Amazon, which argued the law illegally intrudes on federal authority under long-standing labor precedent. The case stems from PERB’s attempt to hear a complaint involving the firing of a union leader at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse, and the judge said allowing the state board to proceed risked conflicting rulings and irreparable harm.