Nick Garber

@nick_garber

Politics reporter @CrainsNewYork | Tips: [email protected], or DM for Signal | Walker, straphanger, native New Yorker

Astoria, Queens

Joined September 2016

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jan 11, 2023

💥💥PROFESSIONAL NEWS💥💥: I'm joining @CrainsNewYork as a politics reporter, covering NYC government at all levels. I want your tips, leaks, pitches & gossip: my email is nick.garber(@)crainsnewyork(.)com. Or just DM me. I start on Jan. 23 — but eager to hear from people now!

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 18

The explosive lawsuit alleging corruption in city lease deals between the Adams administration & @CushWake was quietly dismissed last month — though the judge didn't weigh in on misconduct claims about officials like Jesse Hamilton. ebx.sh/u3lbYE

nick_garber's tweet card. The suit by JRT Realty claimed that DCAS official Jesse Hamilton steered leases to Cushman broker Diana Boutross.

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katie honan@katie_honan · Jul 18

NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nyp… via @THECITYNY @sssmaldo

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 17

The CEO of @SLGreen, NYC's biggest commercial landlord, spent much of his company's latest earnings call praising Eric Adams, for whom he's fundraised. He also said @ZohranKMamdani's primary win has affected zero deals, CJ Hughes reports @CrainsNewYork: ebx.sh/fjioOl

nick_garber's tweet card. The real estate CEO has moved his support to Adams from Andrew Cuomo in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s ascent.

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 17

NYC's office-to-apartment conversions are booming, w/ 44 known projects slated to create 17K homes, per a new @NYCComptroller report. But the flawed design of the 467m tax break means the city may spend billions on conversions that would've happened anyway ebx.sh/Sm8CIZ

nick_garber's tweet card. The 467-m tax break may produce much-needed housing but at a cost of $5B in tax revenue.

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 16

there were 150 people in the room, perhaps some had different impressions than others?

SSara Eisen@SaraEisen · Jul 16

This is the opposite of what I heard about his meeting with CEOs yesterday. He did not win them over. He dug in on policies and positions they disagree with.

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 16

New: open primaries will NOT be proposed for the general election ballot by the mayor's Charter Revision Commission, chair @RichardBuery says in a statement—adding he's "disappointed." This means the Q's will be limited to changes to the land-use process + even-year elections.

nick_garber's tweet image. New: open primaries will NOT be proposed for the general election ballot by the mayor's Charter Revision Commission, chair @RichardBuery says in a statement—adding he's "disappointed."

This means the Q's will be limited to changes to the land-use process + even-year elections.

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 16

Eric Adams' $1.5M fundraising haul since the primary includes: • $70K from 63 employees of SL Green • $23.6K from 20 employees of @JLL • $21.7K from 21 employees of Cushman & Wakefield, which recently got dropped as the city's top broker amid scandal crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…

nick_garber's tweet card. Adams raises $1.5 million since primary, fueled by real estate donors

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 16

in ex-NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon's lawsuit against the city, he states that the much-discussed task force patrolling Roosevelt Avenue in Queens arose after then-Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry came up with it in "a dream"

nick_garber's tweet image. in ex-NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon's lawsuit against the city, he states that the much-discussed task force patrolling Roosevelt Avenue in Queens arose after then-Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry came up with it in "a dream"

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Joe Anuta@joeanuta · Jul 16

.@NYCMayor’s former interim police commissioner, Tom Donlon, has filed a lawsuit accusing Adams and his top deputies of running the NYPD as a criminal enterprise Stay tuned for details

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 16

since June 25: Mamdani: $815,640 Cuomo: $2,413

JJoe Anuta@joeanuta · Jul 15

New fundraising numbers from the Campaign Finance Board just dropped and the difference in fundraising hauls between @ZohranKMamdani and @andrewcuomo since June 10 is striking: Mamdani raised $850k and Cuomo raised $64k

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Nick Garber@nick_garber · Jul 15

as I was saying

NNick Garber@nick_garber · May 22

I for one hope Kathy Wylde's successor shares her best quality: a willingness to get on the phone and chat with reporters without being mediated through 15 layers of PR crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…

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