New York State’s Labor Board will have wider powers to intervene in labor disputes thanks to a new Bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
It allows the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to intervene in Private Sector labor disputes if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unable to act, as has been the case for most of 2025.
“This legislation is because of the attacks in Washington by Donald Trump, who is attacking the rights, stacking the NLRB with a bunch of Anti-Union people,” Hochul said at a signing ceremony during New York City’s Labor Day Parade.
“We’re going to make sure that we will intercede in these disputes and that’s what I’m signing right now. New York will stand tall. Washington can’t screw with us.”
The law comes months after President Donald Trump fired an NLRB Board Member Gwynne Wilcox in January. That move left the five-member Board without the three-member quorum it needs to make and enforce labor decisions, hobbling NLRB business.
