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Driver’s License Panel Thursday

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 14:22

The hows and whys of New York’s new driver’s licenses for all program will be explained at a panel discussion this evening at 6 at the East Hampton Library.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. will take part with Sandra Dunn and Andrew Strong of the OLA of Eastern Long Island advocacy group. Tim Garneau, a new East Hampton Town trustee and member of the East Hampton Town Anti-Bias Task Force, will moderate. The Anti-Bias Task Force is a co-sponsor.

The new law allows state residents, regardless of immigration status, to apply for licenses. It went into effect in December.

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