De Blasio forges ahead on municipal IDs

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Sally Goldenberg

The City Council has yet to pass a bill legalizing municipal identification cards, but that isn't stopping the mayor from moving to enact the idea.

Last week Bill de Blasio's contract officers issued notice that they soon plan to solicit bidders for the ID-card proposal, which he embraced on the campaign trail last year and referenced in both his State of the City speech in February and his 100-day address on April 10.

The action by the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) comes with no guarantee the Council will pass the legislation, which was introduced on the same day as de Blasio's 100-day speech. It would entitle all New Yorkers, regardless of citizenship status, to ID cards to access basic city services, open bank accounts and lease apartments.

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