New York City to Start Its Own ID Card Program

The article is missing an important piece of information: can you buy a drink at the bar with it?

Why can't the same people get a state issued ID card?

Will the federal government or business or other states or other countries recognize them?

It will make counterfeiting easier to get way with.

LEOs will see this ID as a sign of not being in the country legally.

More information about the card: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/index.page

One interesting fact is that the discounts and memberships will apparently only be good for one year, something the article seems to gloss over. Still a pretty good deal, but not as great as I'd hoped.

The mayor calls this fraud proof? Nothing is completely fraud proof. What a silly statement.

I love the stereotypical NYC snobbery and unapologetic narcissism at the beginning of the article. As if living in one of the boroughs with eight and a half million other people somehow makes you distinguished. The whole attitude runs entirely contrary to the point of the program, it's really baffling.

SF City ID Card Date first issued January 15, 2009

So ..... this is what I see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Lg1NElF6Q