Can someone share with me the laws in regards to breastfeeding in NY, 
particularly NYC.

We, the girls and I, were in NYC over the weekend.  We happened to be in 
FAO, the toy store.  They have an area of the store called the Newborn 
Nursery, where they have very life like dolls for "adoption".  I was 
speaking with the "nurse" who was "employed" there, and she told me that 
she tells mothers they cannot nurse there at the nursery, even though 
they have two very comfortable rockers, and many mothers have begun to 
nurse there babies there and have been told to move.  There is a family 
bathroom right across the hallway and the employee said that woman 
should not nurse their children in public because there were "children 
about, after all this is a toy store and children should not see that 
sort of thing" but that the store should put in the family bathroom a 
chair so mothers could nurse there"  She was appalled when I suggested 
that she eat her food on the toilet.  I'd like to think I made her think 
but I don't think so.  I think I just shocked her.  It was an amazing 
experience, to be in this area devoted to newborn care and be told by an 
employee that women cannot nurse in the store...

Joylyn

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