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De Blasio said the card is designed to provide undocumented New Yorkers with proof of residency so they can apply for jobs and open bank accounts, while making it easier to interact with city government.
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«The reason the mayor is implementing a municipal ID program [is] because Congress has not acted,» said State Senator Adriano Espaillat, referencing a proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide city ID cards to immigrants.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said he didn't preapprove a city - funded program that gives criminal suspects $ 15 Dunkin' Donuts gift cards for taking a survey about their courtroom experiences.
«This card is going to be something that people from many walks of life are going to be taking advantage of,» Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference at the Bronx Zoo on Thursday.
«It was right to call that out, and I'll keep doing that,» de Blasio said Thursday, indicating that if peace between the two men is in the cards, Cuomo will likely have to be the one to make the first gesture toward brokering it.
De Blasio says the ID cards will make it possible for immigrants to access essential needs, like creating a bank account or qualifying for an apartment lease.
De Blasio spokesman Wiley Norvell said the city would welcome such an arrangement but will proceed with its own fare card if necessary.
That said, the political implications of his firing were more of a concern for de Blasio who may have had to deal with something of a wild card investigation ahead of his re-election bid for NYC Mayor.
Mayor Bill de Blasio lauded the bill, saying «I am extremely pleased that the City Council has acted swiftly to move forward a proposal to create a municipal ID card for all New Yorkers.
De Blasio — who was introduced by former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's granddaughter, Katherine — also said municipal identification cards will be available to all residents this year regardless of their immigration status, «so that no daughter or son of our city goes without bank accounts, leases, library cards, simply because they lack identification.»