Attention New Yorkers - I got a cab question...

Is it legal to bring a baby in a cab?

I can't speak for new yorkers, but when I worked for a cab company up north here - people would have to call ahead and request a cab w/ a car seat or ask if they could dispatch one to that area. I don't remember exactly how many carried car seats, but there were a few drivers with one in their trunk and they would get all calls for people with babies. I drove the airport shuttle for the cab company (a van instead of a car pretty much) and if they did not specify that I had to bring a car seat and they didn't have one for their baby (child under 4 actually) - we refused service.

Wow - no kidding, good to know. Between you an Ruchele I can find out anything I need, lol. Thanks!

Wow, i had no idea. not that i thought about the question since I don't have a kid.

Mom is right, the few times I had to take a cab with my kiddos I had to call ahead so they could send a cab with an apropriate car seat, and they always asked me "rear facing, front facing, or booster"

That's a good question - you got to imagine that in big cities especially NYC that some people take their kids in cabs...