{"id":333600,"date":"2026-08-31T05:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333600\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:32:38","slug":"police-investigate-abandoned-newborn-found-in-store-bathroom-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333600\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate abandoned newborn found in store bathroom \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>White Plains authorities are investigating after a newborn was found abandoned in a grocery store restroom.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called early Sunday morning to the ShopRite in the City Center shopping complex after the infant was found in a women\u2019s room.<\/p>\n<p>Officers rushed the baby to White Plains Hospital, where the child is recovering, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation continues, police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/new-york\/new-york-safe-haven-law-abandoned-infant-protection-act\/6408180\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/new-york\/new-york-safe-haven-law-abandoned-infant-protection-act\/6408180\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reminded the public about New York state\u2019s \u201cSafe Haven\u201d law<\/a>, which is designed to prevent tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, an infant less than 30 days old can be left at a \u201csafe haven\u201d location, including a hospital, police station or fire station, or with an appropriate person.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC New York. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC New York journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Plains authorities are investigating after a newborn was found abandoned in a grocery store restroom. Police were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56,1628],"class_list":["post-333600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-westchester-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}