(CNN) New York legislators are making a new push for the release of President Donald Trump's taxes under state law, a move that could offer Democrats an end run around fights in Washington over the President's federal returns.

A bill introduced on Monday in the New York State Senate would authorize the state's tax commissioner to release state tax returns to Congress upon request.

Trump is a New York resident, and the state is home to the headquarters of his family business, the Trump Organization.

Though the legislation would only enable the release of the President's state returns, the fact that much of the President's business has been conducted in New York means that such returns could be nearly as telling as his federal returns.

The measure is being sponsored by State Senator Brad Hoylman.

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