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.
Believe it or not, an Upper East Side eatery is New York City's sole representative on a new OpenTable list of America's best restaurants.
The Porch has opened its doors in Sugar Hill, serving up fresh coffee and bagels by day followed by food, drinks and live music at night.
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Thursday marked the state's lowest positivity rate since mid-December, an encouraging milestone in the omicron wave.
Over a year after the pandemic closed down its Lenox Hill shop, Padoca Bakery is back in a big way with a new Yorkville location.
The Upper East Side lawmaker secured the post after reports that Mayor Eric Adams had pushed for her to chair another influential committee.
The top floors of an Upper East Side townhouse were torn down after construction work triggered a near-collapse, angering preservationists.
Manhattan's new top prosecutor admitted that his office's new policies had fostered "confusion," but insisted he would keep residents safe.
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Weeks after DoorDash opened a first-of-its-kind, "ultra-fast" delivery center in Chelsea, neighbors pressed the company about its model.
The "To Kill a Mockingbird" author reportedly lived for decades in this modest Yorkville unit — which could be yours for $3,150 a month.
A popular but aging Harlem park will soon be reconstructed, and the city is giving neighbors the chance to weigh in on the plans.
Taking advantage of a loophole in the new city rule limiting hotel contruction, Extell reportedly got the green light for a huge tower.
Rashaun Weaver, the teenager who stabbed Barnard student Tessa Majors two years ago, was sentenced to 14 years to life.
Simon Martial was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he murdered Michelle Go by pushing her in front of an oncoming train at 42nd Street.
Some of the police barricades by Gracie Mansion that have long obstructed Carl Schurz Park have finally come down, a local lawmaker said.
Gibbs's victory makes him the first state lawmaker to have served prison time — and cements a change for the historically Puerto Rican seat.
Perkins, the 72-year-old former City Council member, was found safe hours after he was reported missing from his Harlem home on Tuesday.
Age-old dreams of putting the "park" back in Park Avenue are inching closer to reality, as the city plans to solicit designs within weeks.
