Crane safety teacher admits to helping unqualified workers, 1 WTC to have fastest elevators … and more

1. Crane safety teacher admits to helping unqualified people join union [NYT]
2. Mayor Bloomberg plans to close Broadway, between 42nd and 47th streets, to vehicles to create pedestrian mall [NYT]
3. When completed, 1 World Trade Center will have fastest elevators in the hemisphere [NYT]
4. A look at jazz composer Ann Hampton Callaway’s Westchester home [Post]
5. Whole Foods submits environmental application for Brooklyn store [Brooklyn Paper]
6. Renters need to learn their rights, lawyers say [MarketWatch]
7. Government buy-down of mortgages could be simple fix [Seeking Alpha]
8. Homeownership better value than renting in some areas [WSJ]