We wrote earlier this week here about how Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have lawmakers release their taxes was, potentially, an effort to squeeze them in the budget negotiations. 

But, as Cuomo suggested in his budget presentation, the efffort is also a direct result of lawmakers being able to continue earning their outside income. 

“Look, we haven’t banned outside income, which the commission had recommended. But we have nothing to hide because we will release our taxes,” Cuomo said in the address on Tuesday in Albany. “And you can see who’s paying me and who’s not paying me. And you can see if there is a conflict of interest.”

Lawamakers have not embraced the idea of either ending outside pay or releasing their tax returns. Cuomo, along with his fellow statewide elected officials, do so voluntarily by tradition every April.

Legislative pay was recently increased from $79,500 to $110,000 by a pay commission.  

But an effort to trim outside pay for lawmakers by capping it at 15 percent of their public-sector pay made by the commission was rejected in a court challenge. 

The Legislature, however, prides itself in part on being a part-time body that draws members from varying walks of life. 

Good-government advocates, though, point to the raft of corruption cases that have involved lawmakers who also receive pay from law firms and other interests that are also pushing issues in Albany. 

So, that's the intersection and the real squeeze: Lawmakers may have to choose between disclosing their taxes or facing limits on what they can earn outside the Legislature.