A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York from enforcing a new labor law that Amazon says illegally regulates private-sector work.

US District Judge Eric Komitee in Brooklyn granted the preliminary injunction Wednesday, marking the first test of the law since it was signed in September by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul.

The law was meant to address a backlog of cases at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which lacked a full quorum after former President Donald Trump fired Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox in January.

Similar legislation was recently passed in California, but the NLRB has challenged both states, saying the laws conflict with federal labor regulations.

Judge Komitee, a Trump appointee, cited a 1959 US Supreme Court decision in ruling that Amazon likely

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