[caption id="attachment_71171" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Liam Moffatt, with license, pictured with Senator Jeffrey Klein. "]
The Department of Motor Vehicles has to deal with an dazzling array of names. But it was stumped when Liam Moffatt applied for a license with his name in Irish.
Moffatt was denied because the Irish version of his name did not match the name on his social security card.
So he turned to Bronx-based New York State Senator Jeffrey Klein for assistance.
Klein announced Tuesday that his office had been successful in helping Moffatt receive a renewal of his driver's license in its Irish form.
Moffatt told the senator's staff that he had a letter from the United States Embassy confirming his identity, that he had emigrated to the U.S. from Ireland and has been living in the Bronx for over thirty years.
"This removed any concerns about possible identity theft. With this in mind the senator's staff reached out to the commissioner's office and asked for a speedy review of the matter. Within two weeks of the senator's outreach, Mr. Moffatt received a renewed license in the mail," Klein's office said in a statement.
"It was very frustrating to go through this situation, it was putting my identity and my insurance in jeopardy. I've worked with the senator's office in the past and knew how helpful he could be," said Moffatt.
An ironic twist to the tale is, of course, the fact that "Liam" is the Irish version of William to begin with.
