NY State ID's to Go From Color to Black and White: report

Beginning in July, New York State will change the look of its driver's licenses in a move to reduce forgeries that lead to identity theft, underage drinking and —worst-case scenario — possible terrorist attacks, reported The New York Times.

Officials say that the new production method – laser engraved in grayscale on rigid polycarbonate – and a bevy of other subtle feature changes will make the licenses virtually impossible to forge.

The portraits on each license will "go retro," turning from color to black-and-white. 

Personal data will be engraved; also, a small “ghost image,” portrait of the driver will float in a transparent window and will be visible from the front and the back.; and the new cards will be so stiff, they sound like a compact disc when dropped.

New York is the second state to adopt this technology, the paper wrote. The first was Virginia in 2009.