Photo Identification and Address Verification

MNN's certification classes are only open to Manhattan residents or to individuals sponsored by Manhattan-based non-profits.

MNN pProof of residency information can be submitted in-person at our 59th Street or El Barrio Firehouse by appointment only. 

Contact the Media Education department to schedule an appointment.

Satisfactory verification consists of valid government-issued photo identification with a Manhattan address, including:

• State-issued Driver’s License

• State-issued Photo ID card

• IDNYC card

• City/State-issued Welfare, Medicaid, or Benefit Assistance card w/photo and address

If your photo ID does not show a current Manhattan address, please provide proof of residency from the list below:

• Cable bill

• Gas bill

• Electric bill

• Telephone bill (Landline)

• Monthly Bank Statement

• Cell phone monthly billing statement

• Credit card monthly billing statement

• Health insurance monthly billing statement

• Student loan monthly billing statement

• Employment/unemployment pay stub

• Medicare/Social Security Monthly Statement

• Rent billing statement

• Current tax return

• Retirement plan statement

If you are taking media education classes on behalf of a Manhattan-based non-profit organization, you will need to submit the following items for verification:

• Letter (on letterhead) from the Director or Manager of the non-profit stating your affiliation with the organization and mission-based programming you aim to produce

• Copy of the 501(c)3 Status Letter