IDNYC

Excellent service from the staff processing the NYC IDs. They were all helpful and professional (what you usually cannot expect from government employees) and Jose, the staff member who spent 15 minutes with me processing my application was great!

Your picture will look way better than it does on your driver license! I repeat, way better! While that may not be the best reason to get your idnyc, consider all the other perks. It’s free, enrollment is fast and easy if you pick the correct center (I suggest Mid-​Manhattan library), and if you are smart enough to visit the cultural institutions that take it before December 2015, you can get free membership for a year. You can even link it to your library card, and if you are a multi-​borough library fan like me, you can link it to your cards; I did and now I don’t need to carry my Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn cards. That alone was an amazing perk for me! Hey, you never know when the urge to read and borrow a book can strike! You can even get movie ticket discounts on it, if you don’t get discounts from work or Costco.
Is it the end all? Heck no. Banks usually won’t take it as ID. Don’t even bother trying subbing it for your passport or drivers license if you want to travel. And some of the cultural institutions give you membership with limited benefits i.e. the Bronx Zoo. But the time involved in getting it and the total cost, zero dollars, outweigh the cons and any suspicions that Big Brother is keeping a tally of where you like to do in your free time. Besides, Big Brother is more interested in finding out how many illegal immigrants are in New York. So go get your ID and flash your pretty mug.