New York: A library in New York has apologised to an Indian-origin woman after an employee of the public library asked her to stop breast-feeding her daughter in public.
"We will be giving our staff additional coaching to remind them about the proper practice for maintaining a welcoming environment," CBS New York online on Tuesday cited a library statement as saying.
Sherry Singh, a regular visitor at the Forest Hills library, was last weekend told to stop feeding her child in the library and breast-feed her four-month-old daughter in the restroom.
"Me and my other daughter were playing with puppets, when this little one started crying. I started nursing her," Singh was quoted as saying.
"An employee came over and told me not to breast-feed my daughter there," Ms Singh said.
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the law allows breast-feeding in public.
"It has been the law for quite a while. It is every woman's right to breast-feed in public," Donna said.
Singh has accepted the library's apology and is not taking any legal action, but she wants the story to go out to educate others.
"We will be giving our staff additional coaching to remind them about the proper practice for maintaining a welcoming environment," CBS New York online on Tuesday cited a library statement as saying.
Sherry Singh, a regular visitor at the Forest Hills library, was last weekend told to stop feeding her child in the library and breast-feed her four-month-old daughter in the restroom.
"An employee came over and told me not to breast-feed my daughter there," Ms Singh said.
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"It has been the law for quite a while. It is every woman's right to breast-feed in public," Donna said.
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