As congressional Democrats begin what could be a tumultuous battle to obtain President Trump's tax returns, lawmakers in New York are trying to make it easier for them to get their hands on the president's state filings.
Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman, who is sponsoring the legislation, told NBC News on Monday that he believes it is"imperative" for the New York legislature to assist Congress with the issue of Trump's tax filings.
"Donald Trump has broken 40 years of political tradition by not releasing his returns," Hoylman said."His representatives say they will block all congressional efforts to obtain those returns through existing procedures. Well, it turns out that New York state has those returns and can do its part to assist the Congress in their oversight responsibility by releasing them to a relevant committee that requests them.
Though the bill would only apply to the president's state returns and not the federal ones currently at the center of a Washington battle, tax filings from the president's home state that additionally serves as the headquarters of his business are likely to contain much of the same information congressional lawmakers are seeking from his federal returns.
And, with New York's legislature and governor's mansion being under Democratic control, there is a path to the bill's passage, though similar measures did not take off in the state Assembly during the prior legislative session when Republicans held a majority in the state Senate.Hans Pennink / AP file
This latest effort is not the first made by New York Democrats to reveal Trump's tax filings. An earlier bill known as
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