New York Mom Gets $115 Ticket While Breastfeeding In Her SUV

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Mother and her baby were driving through midtown Manhattan when the hungry baby started crying.

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Guillermina, a mother of four already, recognized that her newborn was hungry.

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Speaking about the incident, Rodriguez said, “There was an immense amount of traffic. It took me like 45 minutes to an hour just to get from 42nd to 30th Street.”

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She continued, ” “Even though I saw it was a commercial area, I’m like, ‘I’m not obstructing the traffic… Let me just stay there, and I can breastfeed the baby there.'”

After a few minutes, an NYPD tow truck pulled up. That’s when the ticket agent approached Rodriguez and gave her a $115 ticket for standing in a commercial zone.

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