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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where pigeons may walk around like they’re the OG New Yorkers, but they’re actually transplants.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Hidden Valley Ranch is determined to make ranch a necessary condiment for every meal, including breakfast and dessert. Ketchup beware.
- Upstate New York advocates and lawmakers are fighting for a statewide minimum wage of $17 an hour. Right now, NYC's minimum wage is $16 an hour, while upstate it’s $15 an hour.
- For the second year in a row, the French bulldog took the title of America’s most popular dog breed.
- Billy Joel takes the Long Island Rail Road to Madison Square Garden after giving up on the helicopter life.
- Gristedes CEO John Catsimatidis has a new technique for tackling the rise of Häagen-Dazs ice cream theft in his stores: anti-theft coding.
- The nonprofit Legal Aid Society published a list of NYPD officers who have racked up the most lawsuits for alleged misconduct over the last decade.
- This Canadian guy has a collection of at least 25,000 Hot Wheels cars and accessories.
- And finally, let him cook:
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