The family said the pregnancy was greeted by joy in Miss Hernandez's household.

In the meantime, Miss Hernandez was recuperating in the hospital with an injured kidney.

Miss Hernandez, who works as a messenger at Queens Hospital Center, had the day off.

I hope Miss Hernandez ain't too put out with me.

Among them were executives, educators and, like Miss Hernandez, teen-age students with after-school jobs.

"Look, that's cute," Miss Hernandez said as a tugboat loud with a party passed by.

Miss Hernandez, 17, said she thought her partner, a 33-year-old newspaper reporter, was "boring."

Miss Hernandez is expected to recover from the shooting.

At Jamaica Hospital yesterday, doctors said Miss Hernandez's condition was upgraded from critical to serious.

Miss Hernandez's boyfriend, John Clemeza, the father of the baby, was questioned by the police on Sunday.