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Also: Anger Over Medical Office Replacing Cafe | New Coffee Shop Puts Community First | OMNY's Delayed Rollout To JFK Sparks Outrage

Nick worked at NYC Patch from 2020 to 2023, covering Harlem, the Upper East Side and Astoria-Long Island City. Follow him on Twitter at @nick_garber.
Nick grew up in New York City and went to college in Vermont, where he reported for several newspapers. He later reported for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette before spending a year with Patch in Seattle. He lives in Astoria.
Also: Anger Over Medical Office Replacing Cafe | New Coffee Shop Puts Community First | OMNY's Delayed Rollout To JFK Sparks Outrage

City Council members are pressing the Port Authority to expand the tap-and-go payment system to the airport train much sooner than 2024.
The family-run, plant-based restaurant is opening a new Lenox Avenue location after nearly 30 years on 125th Street.
People can get a rare look behind Kaufman Studios' gates for Saturday's free fair, featuring arts vendors, food, live music and more.
The "rock star butcher" has permanently closed its Upper East Side shop along with other stores, months after workers walked out in protest.
With more than half of states poised to gut abortion rights, New York may become a "safe haven" for people seeking reproductive care.
Two men were shot on a Harlem street early Friday — but refused to talk about who pulled the trigger, according to police.
Police are looking for a man who repeatedly threw rocks at a family sitting on a bench in a Harlem park, hitting an infant in the face.
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A pair of subway robberies within half an hour of each other Monday left one man pistol-whipped and another pushed onto the train tracks.
In a rare bit of good news for Upper East Side tenants, the number of open apartments is finally inching up — though prices haven't dropped.
A Park Avenue office building will be converted into a 110-unit apartment tower — the latest new development along the busy corridor.
Western Queens is one of the only places in NYC where rental inventory is still shrinking, even as it starts to rise in other neighborhoods.
New York's strict limits on carrying concealed weapons were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in a major gun-rights ruling.
A 15-year-old girl from Hamilton Heights has been missing for over a week after vanishing from her high school, according to police.
Voting is underway for Democratic primary elections across Harlem's three Assembly districts. Here's what to know about each candidate.
A typically sleepy Yorkville election has been rocked by mysterious contributions from wealthy donors — and by a top state party leader.
Astoria's community board formally rejected the enormous Innovation QNS development on Tuesday, sending it further up the chain of review.
Relatives and former coaches are mourning the "Harlem angel" killed in Monday's shooting, as police continue to search for suspects.