Email Author Graham Rayman

Awards

• 2011 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2011 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2009 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award

  Teen Murders at Rikers Island series

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2012 Stories by Graham Rayman

• Cop Shooter's Gun Could Have Been Bought For As Little As $30

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​The revolver used in the shooting of Police Officer Kevin Brennan has a controversial history, and a reputation as a poorly made street gun that was likely passed from hand to hand over a perio More >>

• Ray Kelly, Spokesman Browne On Hot Seat In Anti-Islam Movie Fallout

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​In more fallout from "film gate"--the NYPD's decision to show a controversial anti-Islam film to cops at an anti-terror training center--Mayor Bloomberg says it showed "terrible judgment," and More >>

• Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Has to Remind Cops to Take Criminal Complaints

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​More than a year after revelations in this newspaper and others media outlets about police under-reporting of crime complaints, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has taken the unusual step of actua More >>

• Anti-Muslim Film Shown to 1,500 Police Officers, Far More Than NYPD Claimed

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​In another example of the chickens coming home to roost, the NYPD has had to reveal that almost 1,500 police officers were shown a controversial film which the Voice described a year ago--in fi More >>

• Al Vann, Brooklyn Councilman, Says NYPD Breaking the Law By Not Releasing Audits of Crime Numbers

  published Jan 12, 2012

  ​City Councilman Al Vann, who has represented Bedford-Stuyvesant in some elected capacity since 1974, weighed in on the NYPD's refusal to release 11 years of 81st Precinct crime statistics, call More >>

• Ron Paul Makes Rain For His District, But No Fan of Earmarks...Huhr

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​Republican candidate Ron Paul may have Libertarian leanings, but that hasn't stopped him from requesting tens of millions in earmark money from the government for pet projects in his district. More >>

• Obama Admin Okays Monitoring of Reportersr No, No, Says Homeland Security Flack

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​The web is abuzz today with reports that the Department of Homeland Security has approved collecting of personal information from television anchors, news reporters, bloggers, and anyone else w More >>

• Ray Kelly, NYPD, Sued For Refusing to Release Crime Stats From Scandal-Tained Brooklyn Precinct

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​Continuing its record of stone-walling public inquiry, the NYPD is refusing to release crime statistics for the past 11 years from the scandal-tainted 81st Precinct in the Bedford-Stuyvesant se More >>

• Why Won't the NYPD Charge Motorists Who Maim or Kill?

  published January 11, 2012

  On March 21 of last year, a motorist ran a red light and caused an accident that killed 82-year-old Margaret Choberka. No charges were... More >>

• Federal Agents Helped Major Drug Trafficker Move Millions in Cash

  published Jan 09, 2012

  ​Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Agency helped a Mexican narcotics kingpin transfer million of dollars in illegal cash profits, the New York Times reports today. The DEA program recalls More >>

• NYPD, FDNY Year-End Numbers Show Overall Good News, Some Trouble Spots

  published Dec 28, 2011

  ​A bit of good news as the passing of 2011 nears: homicides were down five percent for the year, the overall crime rate was flat, and fires killed just 64 people, the second lowest number of fir More >>

• Diana Taylor, Bloomberg's Girlfriend and Sotheby's Board Member, Blasts Locked Out Art Handlers

  published Dec 02, 2011

  ​Mayor Bloomberg's normally reserved companion, Diana Taylor, lashed out at locked out Sotheby's art handlers, who interrupted a planning commission meeting to question her about the stalled neg More >>

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  Bloomberg Claims NYPD "7th Biggest Army in World" ... Um, That's Totally Wrong

  published Nov 30, 2011

  ​In the annals of political rhetoric, there are lies, damn lies and exaggeration. Well, according to Politicker NY, Mayor Bloomberg dropped himself into the third category during a speech at MIT More >>

• Ray Kelly, Advocates Say, Dropping the Ball on Investigating and Charging Reckless Drivers Who Kill

  published Nov 30, 2011

  ​Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is under criticism from transportation advocates for failing to hold accountable reckless drivers who kill people. "They [police] are simply not taking that job More >>

• Ginger White, Herman Cain's Alleged Mistress, Matter of Fact About Affair

  published Nov 30, 2011

  ​George Stephanopoulus' toe-curling interview with Ginger White, the alleged mistress of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, is the sound of a candidacy dying. White says Cain's not f More >>

• Eterno and Silverman, Criminologists, Say NYPD's Crime Stat Manipulation A Factor In Recent Corruption Scandals

  published Nov 29, 2011

  ​Criminologists Eli Silverman, of John Jay College, and John Eterno, of Molloy College, offer one of their periodic opinion pieces about the NYPD. This one is about the intersection between the More >>

• How Billionaires, like Ron Lauder, Avoid Paying Taxes

  published Nov 27, 2011

  ​Ever wonder how the super rich avoid paying all those taxesr Well, the New York Times has an interesting takeout here on all the shenanigans folks like Ron Lauder, of Estee Lauder, do to shelte More >>

• George Campbell Jr., Ex-Cooper Union Prez, Blasts Tuition Proposal

  published Nov 27, 2011

  ​The former president of Cooper Union is (for an academic) blasting the current administration's plan to start charging tuition to incoming students--the latest salvo in an increasing controvers More >>

• Dora Schriro, Correction Commissioner, Sharply Increasing Solitary Confinement On Rikers

  published Nov 22, 2011

  ​The city jail system is sharply expanding its so-called Punitive Segregation Unit, or solitary confinement cells, reports Solitary Watch, a blog which reports on the nations penal system. By th More >>

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  NYPD Officers Fired Their Weapons Less Last Year Than Any Year Since 1971

  published Nov 22, 2011

  ​Last year, police officers fired their guns the least number of times and shot and killed the smallest number of people since 1970, NYPD officials said. Cops shot and killed eight people last y More >>

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  Adderall Shortage Creates Panic in the Market

  published Nov 22, 2011

  ​Wondering why that type A go-getter in accounting seems sleepy and uninterested in workr Well, apparently, there's a shortage of Adderall, the over-prescribed ADHD drug for kids that's also us More >>

• Bloomberg, Kelly Finally Piss Off The Media; Furious Letters Being Written

  published Nov 21, 2011

  ​The Bloomberg administration is being targeted by the media right now for the NYPD's banning and arresting of reporters during last week's expulsion of the Occupy Wall Street tent city. In a More >>

• Andre Gregory, Actor, Screenwriter: OWS Not All That Different From Early Vietnam War Protests

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Today, amid the roiling Occupy Wall Street protests, we bumped into Andre Gregory, who wrote and acted in the iconic 1981 film, "My Dinner With Andre." Standing on the sidewalk outside Trinity Church More >>

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  Occupy Wall Street Pre Dawn Raid: A Photojournalist's Account

  published Nov 17, 2011

  ​Photographer C.S. Muncy, a regular contributor to the Voice, offers this account of his experiences during the NYPD pre-dawn raid Tuesday to clear Zuccotti Park. Muncy says, notably, that he wa More >>

• John Liu, City Comptroller, Under Federal Investigation For Alleged Campaign Shenanigans

  published Nov 15, 2011

  ​City Comptroller John Liu, who has won kudos for taking on the Bloomberg administration over cost overruns on consultant contracts, is being investigated by the Feds for campaign finance irregu More >>