Dear Community Partner,
The NYC Department of Social Services (DSS) is pleased to announce the opening of a new IDNYC Enrollment Center on Monday, June 24, 2024, at 1910 Monterey Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457. Click here for the full press release.
IDNYC is the nation’s largest and most successful municipal ID program, providing all New York City residents ages 10 and up, regardless of background or immigration status, with a free government issued photo identification card broadly accepted across New York City. IDNYC provides access to a wide variety of services and programs offered by the City and cardholders enjoy benefits and discounts offered by businesses and cultural institutions across the five boroughs. An IDNYC card can be used as a public library card, to access immunization records, and to open a bank account at select financial institutions.
The new IDNYC Enrollment Center at 1910 Monterey Avenue will increase capacity for processing enrollments and will be strategically co-located at a Benefits Access Center (BAC) offering New Yorkers access to various city resources and benefits at a centralized location. It will be the second in the Bronx and one of eleven IDNYC Enrollment Centers across the five boroughs. Click here to view the full list of IDNYC enrollment centers.
The city is currently offering over 7,100 appointments weekly while ensuring the timely processing of all applications. The new enrollment center at 1910 Monterey Avenue will allow HRA to increase the overall number of weekly appointments to 7,500, making an additional 400 appointments available to New Yorkers each week.
As a reminder, on January 29, 2024, DSS/HRA moved to an appointment-only model across all citywide IDNYC enrollment sites.
Appointments for in-person enrollment are released each week on Friday afternoons for the following Monday through Friday and can be booked by visiting the IDNYC Online Portal.
As a reminder:
- IDNYC does not provide work authorization
- IDNYC does not impact immigration status
- IDNYC cannot be used to:
- drive,
- purchase alcohol or tobacco,
- travel by plane or across land or sea borders.
Visit nyc.gov/idnyc to learn more about IDNYC Program Requirements.
IDNYC Program Overview and Document Requirement Webinars
The DSS Office of Community Outreach (OCO) continues to offer ongoing virtual IDNYC Program Overview and Document Requirement Webinars to our community partners, advocacy organizations, municipal agencies and elected official offices. This training provides an overview of the IDNYC program, the requirements needed to ensure applicants meet the criteria for applying for an IDNYC card, as well as a live walkthrough of the IDNYC Document Calculator.
If you’re a community-based organization, municipal agency, or staffer for an Elected official, please click here to register for an upcoming session. We encourage all community partners to attend this training to familiarize themselves with the IDNYC program and document requirements to ensure applicants have taken the necessary steps to successfully obtain identification.
