NEW YORK — The group of teenagers huddled in a cold wind on East 185th Street in the Bronx on Monday, carrying with them the same items they had planned the day before to bring: shiny balloons saying “It’s Your Birthday” and “Feliz Cumpleaños,” and a chocolate cake.
The male chestnut-bellied seed finches are judged on how fast, and how long, they sing when held beside each other in cages, stimulating their instinct to establish dominance.
When Herera, 50, who provides for four children and two grandchildren, learned last week that lawmakers had agreed to gradually raise the wage from the current rate of $8.85 to $15 by 2024, she smiled broadly and looked up while clasping her hands in prayer.
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