From the court document linked to:
In 2022, New York enacted the Adult Survivors Act (the “ASA”).3 Under the ASA, persons who allegedly were abused sexually as adults were given a new one-year period within whichto sue their alleged abusers. Ms. Carroll then brought this action (“Carroll II”) to recover damagesand other relief for (1) the alleged rape, and (2) additional libels allegedly committed by Mr. Trump in a statement he made on October 12, 2022.
https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Carroll%20II%20DI%2038%20Opinion.pdf
Quotes:
“State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal has made a habit of introducing bills aimed at former President Donald Trump, and Tuesday’s indictment has given him inspiration for his latest one: a proposal to allow cameras in New York courts in an effort to draw even more eyeballs to his indictment and trial.”
Hoylman-Sigal asserted that New Yorkers are “repulsed” by the former president’s actions, including inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and not disclosing his tax records.
“I take a special responsibility as a New Yorker – the original home state of Donald Trump – to ensure that the public gets the truth about his background,” Hoylman-Sigal said. “It’s our responsibility to bring those issues to bear.”
state lawmakers, particularly Hoylman-Sigal, have for years proposed bills targeted specifically at Trump to make his life just a little bit more difficult.
Perhaps the most high profile examples came in 2019, when the state Legislature approved not one but two bills aimed at the then president. The first, called the TRUST Act, sponsored by Hoylman-Sigal and former Assembly Member David Buchwald, permitted the state Department of Taxation and Finance to turn over Trump’s tax returns to Congress if certain committees in the body requested them.
The legislation passed in 2019 after similar legislation called the Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public – or TRUMP – Act, also sponsored by Hoylman-Sigal failed to pass that year and in years past. It would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to file five years worth of federal tax returns with the state Board of Elections.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/04/ny-bills-specifically-targeted-donald-trump/384793/
sponsor:
Brad Hoylman-Segal
co-sponsors:
Jamaal T. Bailey
John E. Brooks
Alessandra Biaggi
Cordelle Cleare
Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, BAILEY, BIAGGI, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAPLAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, RAMOS, REICHLIN-MELNICK, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY —
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S66