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Poughkeepsie to launch municipal IDs on Friday; Beacon began its program on Tuesday

Salam drafted the municipal ID plan with Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson.

Members of the common council believe municipal IDs will be particularly helpful for those who currently lack government-issued identification, such as a driver’s license. Such barriers, according to the measure passed unanimously by the common council in 2018, leave “thousands of individuals — including immigrants, homeless people, transgender people, senior citizens, young people, and those who have been formerly incarcerated — without access to critical services, benefits, cultural, educational, and civic opportunities.”

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