Effective November 1, 2019, all children under the age of 2 must ride in a rear-facing car seat. Safety tips for specific seats and age groups:Infants and Toddlers: RearFacing Car Seats. New York law requires that children under the age of two must ride in a rear-facing car seat. State officials require all seats and restraint systems to be certified as outlined under Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standard 213. In 2015 the State of New Jersey enacted legislation which updated the law governing Child Safety Seats (Title -76.2a). According to New York State's Child Passenger Safety laws, all children under the age of 2 must be in a rearfacing safety seat while in the car. The state of New York requires all children eight and under to be restrained in an appropriate car or booster seat. Children under 2 years of age shall ride in a rearfacing car seat unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds OR is 40 or more inches tall. New York state child safety laws require children to ride in car seats until they are eight years old.