Village vice … and more

1. The Village is getting squeezed by both NYU and the St. Vincent’s expansion [Bloomberg]
2. Directors and officers of Countrywide, the embattled mortgage lender, must answer shareholder claims of insider trading and failing to monitor lending practices [NYT]
3. Freddie Mac, the giant provider of financing for residential mortgages, disclosed losses that were lessened by some magical accounting [NYT]
4. Bad mortgages are getting bought up by everyone from Black Rock to a guy named Angel in San Diego [Bloomberg]
5. A look at living in Floral Park, Queens [AMNY]