Feds give municipal ID thumbs-up, but warn it may not be enough for some banks

Crain's New York reports:

The municipal ID program is one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most successful initiatives to date. Since its launch in January, more than 400,000 New Yorkers have signed up for and received IDs, a fact the mayor trumpeted at a press conference at the Natural History Museum Monday. The card allows many city residents, especially undocumented immigrants, the chance to acquire government-issued identification. At the museum, Mr. de Blasio highlighted three such individuals: a transgendered woman, a World War II-veteran and a 20-year-old Jamaican woman who used her ID to open an account at Amalgamated Bank.

The ID is now being accepted at "dozens" of other financial institutions, the mayor said. The city is in talks with other banks to bring them into the program, a spokeswoman added.

Bill De Blasio's lawlessness.