The New York Senate approved two bills on Wednesday aimed at forcing US President Donald Trump to release his tax returns and limiting his power to pardon state criminal offenses.
The first, New York Senate Bill S5072A, requires the state’s commissioner of taxation to release state tax return information to certain committees in the US Congress when requested. If the bill is approved by the State Assembly, the US House Ways and Means Committee, the US Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation will have the ability to obtain New York state tax returns for certain state and federal officeholders as required for “any legitimate legislative purpose.”