New York Lawmakers Could Trigger Release of Trump Tax Returns

New York state could be the vehicle for Congress to get ahold of President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

A smattering of bills from Democratic state lawmakers—the latest of which was introduced April 8—would allow for the release of his state filings, providing a window into the president’s personal, corporate, and real estate dealings while efforts to obtain his federal tax returns continue.

With his businesses based in New York, the state tax return would provide a “basic understanding of the structure of his empire,” Richard D. Pomp, the Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School ...