East Village victory … and more

1. An East
Village couple gets the
OK from a judge to evict low-income tenants so they can build their dream
mansion [Post]
2. Long Island is working to become a biotech hub [NYT]
3. Steven Kamali discusses Montauk’s new Surf Lodge [NYO]
4. Federal investigators have focused on a New
Jersey company believed to have repaired the crane that collapsed on
the Upper East Side last week, killing two
workers [NYDN]
5. The New York
attorney general is nearing a deal to reform some of the three large credit
rating firms that gave high ratings to subprime mortgage securities [NYT]
6. Governor Paterson’s effort to cap property taxes has met
stiff resistance [Post]