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A program allowing New Orleans residents to acquire free municipal photo identification cards, called Crescent City ID, is temporarily unavailable after three city workers running the service were laid off amid a larger wave of layoffs as newly-inaugurated Mayor Helena Moreno aims to right the city’s finances.
Crescent City ID debuted in September as part of the Office of Human Rights and Equity, and according to former staffers, it is expected to continue under the Office of Neighborhood Engagement. It is unclear when operations will begin again as two forthcoming ID registration events in January have been cancelled…