'It's Up To New York:' State Lawmakers Say They Have New Plan To Obtain Trump's Tax Returns

[edhopper]

http://gothamist.com/2019/04/08/trump_taxes_new_plan.php?utm_source=WNYC+%2B+Gothamist&utm_campaign=72dd369fc9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65dbec786b-72dd369fc9-82338237&mc_cid=72dd369fc9&mc_eid=8342ffb6b3

One day after the president's chief of staff vowed that Congressional Democrats would "never" get their hands on Trump's tax returns, state lawmakers in Albany have unveiled a workaround strategy to compel the New York version of the long-sought financial disclosures.

The plan hinges on the president's state tax returns, which are believed to contain much of the same insight into his sprawling, sketchy business empire as his federal filings. Under a new bill set to be introduced in the State Senate and Assembly on Monday, New York law would be amended to allow the release of any state tax return requested by three congressional committee leaders, assuming they serve a "specific and legitimate legislative purpose."

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

I Love New York!

[malaise]

2. The law already says SHALL

not may

[marylandblue]

3. The difference is that New York will turn them over without a court battle.

[edhopper]

5. This is for NY State

that Law is for the IRS. NY is free to enact and execute their own laws about State taxes.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Ok. Do something about it.

Don’t just talk about it.

[edhopper]

6. They are saying they are doing something about it

they are going to pass a State Law that allows them to give Congress his State Taxes.