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.
The unusual argument is among many being deployed as Manhattanites beg a judge to reject the Upper East-Upper West Side district merger.
An assailant is on the loose after shooting someone in the leg on a Harlem street late Wednesday, police said.
Police asked for help finding 15-year-old Gisell Munoz, who lives in Astoria and was last seen Tuesday at her high school.
Four young people assaulted an N train conductor and stole his keys as he pulled into a Long Island City station this week, police said.
A 400-foot tower has been approved for a rapidly-changing Upper East Side block — even as one local expert insists the project is illegal.
Uptown's first fast-casual salad spot is here, with a new Just Salad eatery on West 125th Street. Here's how to score a $5 meal this week.
The latest addition to Astoria's Thai food scene focuses on a regional delicacy, led by an alum of a restaurant around the corner.
The famed "cube" Apple Store near Central Park in Midtown was rocked by gunfire this week, police said. Three men are being sought.
Video shows five people rounding a corner in Hamilton Heights and firing a barrage of gunshots before sprinting away. Police asked for help.
Seven months after an East Harlem deli worker was stabbed by an irate customer, a suspect has been arrested for the murder, police said.
Cries of "taxation without representation" will no longer apply on Roosevelt Island, thanks to a new bill forcing its leaders to live there.
Backtracking on its decision to remove Philip Composto as the head of Western Queens' schools, the city will let him stay in contention.
From an AOC takeover in Astoria to a brand-new LIC Senate district, here's how Western Queens is affected by New York's redistricting chaos.
Curious which of your Harlem neighbors are serving on your local community board? Patch has the exclusive on this year's new appointments.
Curious which of your UES neighbors are serving on your local community board? Patch has the exclusive on this year's new appointments.
A few Harlem blocks may be filled with a natural gas smell this week as crews work on a pipeline near Riverside Drive, the city said.
Curious which of your Midtown neighbors are serving on your local community board? Patch has the exclusive on this year's new appointments.
Safety worries are mounting on sections of the East River Esplanade, as police-monitored cameras promised years ago have failed to appear.
More than 50 below-market East Harlem apartments are up for grabs in a new housing lottery — but they might be inaccessible to many renters.
Astorians picked more street trees, school improvements and a weekly farmstand as a few of the projects worthy of $1 million in city funds.
