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Elm City recognized for creation of ID program

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, November 16, 2007

At its annual conference in New Orleans on Thursday, the National League of Cities honored New Haven for its ground-breaking immigration policies — in particular, the creation of the Elm City Resident Card.

The league selected New Haven from among 168 other cities in its population category as the gold winner of the Award for Municipal Excellence. As part of the award, the city will choose a nonprofit organization to receive an honorary $2,000 prize from the league.

One gold and one silver medal are awarded to cities in each of the four population categories. The awards are...

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