New York Democrats say new efforts are needed for Trump's tax returns after the "blockade" of the White House

Citing the "stone wall" of the White House a request from the Democrats of Congress To obtain President Trump 's tax returns, Democratic lawmakers in the New York State Legislature are launching a new effort to try to divulge to Congress the tax information of the United States. state of the president.

"Here you have a president blocking the US Congress, a branch of the government with equal responsibilities assuming its important oversight responsibilities," Sen. Brad Hoylman, a senator from the state of New York, told Thursday. "Well here we are, we have Donald Trump's tax returns here in the state of New York and we can provide them to Congress if the IRS, if the Treasury Department does not want it . "

Hoylman, representing a district in Manhattan, has introduced a bill authorizing the New York Department of Tax and Finance to send Congress income tax returns requested by three congressional committees for a "specific and legitimate legislative purpose." He said Trump's statements in New York would contain some of the information contained in the president's federal tax returns.

"Donald Trump broke with 40 years of political tradition by failing to provide his tax returns to the US public before being elected president.And now, he says that it is a matter of fact that". it has been audited, "added Hoylman. "It really does not pass the test of laughter in the current political climate, while we know that the president may have something to hide from the American people."

Hoylman's bill was backed by Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as by the leaders of the New York legislature, where Democrats have a majority in both houses.

The Internal Revenue Services (IRS), overseen by the Treasury Department, missed Wednesday's deadline set by the Democratic House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal of Massachusetts to release Mr. Trump's tax returns. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin called the Democrats' demand for a unprecedented move this raises questions about the scope of the "investigative power" of Congress and the "legislative purpose" of legislators.

Mnuchin said his agency was consulting the Ministry of Justice – a requested move by one of Mr. Trump's personal attorneys – to determine whether Mr. Trump's tax return application is legal and constitutional. He is committed to examining the request "with care", but has not provided a timetable for doing so.

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney promised this weekend that Democrats would never be see Mr. Trump's statements.