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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2013 Stories by Graham Rayman

• Vito Lopez, Legislative Powerhouse, Serial Groper, to Resign; Ducks Expulsion Proceeding

  published May 17, 2013

  Once-powerful Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez has agreed to step down from his longtime post as his support collapsed this week on the heels of the Staten Island District Attorney's damning report whi... More >>

• Ken Thompson, Brooklyn D.A. Candidate, Asks Gov. Cuomo to Bigfoot Charles Hynes' Review of Old Murder Cases

  published May 17, 2013

  The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is becoming a bit of a slugfest. First, there was word that longtime Democratic incumbent Charles Hynes' office was getting a reality show right in the middle o... More >>

• High Concept Item: Pizza Delivery Cocaine Dealers!

  published May 16, 2013

  Not a huge case, just kind of amusing: Drug dealers went back to the future with a scheme revealed yesterday to deliver cocaine through a pizza delivery service, special narcotics prosecutor Bridget B... More >>

• Robert Johnson, Bronx DA, Slams Judge Who Dismissed Charges Against Ramarley Graham's Killer

  published May 16, 2013

  Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson is slamming a judge who dropped charges against a police officer in the fatal February 2012 shooting of an unarmed teenager. Meanwhile, the judge blamed the pros... More >>

• Fatal Painkiller Overdoses Spike Across the City; Staten Island Sees Massive Jump

  published May 15, 2013

  If you weren't already convinced that prescription painkiller abuse is a major crisis in this city, the Health Department today came out with a range of shocking new numbers to hammer the point home. ... More >>

• Obama's Version of "Transparency": Feds Seize AP's Phone Records [Update]

  published May 14, 2013

  Well, we think it's fair to say that reporters at the Associated Press are none too happy with word that the government secured two months of phone records from the world's largest wire service for s... More >>

• Bernard Kerik, Disgraced Former Police Commissioner, is Getting Out of Prison in Two Weeks!

  published May 14, 2013

  After three years, Bernie's coming back. Yes, folks, Bernard Kerik, jails commissioner, police commissioner, alleged adulterer, aborted Homeland Security secretary, tax fraudster and perjurer will e... More >>

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  John Sampson, State Senator, Indicted; Brooklyn Relieved He Wasn't Elected DA

  published May 07, 2013

  Well, we guess the voters were right to re-elect Charles Hynes back in 2005, when he was pushed fairly hard in the democratic primary by challenger, state Sen. John Sampson. (Hynes won by about four p... More >>

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  Rev. Calvin Butts' School Tells Parents Not to Speak With the Media; Actually Claims It Could Endanger Their Safety

  published Apr 30, 2013

  In what one observer called a "ham-handed attempt to control the media," officials at the Thurgood Marshall Academy, a public school founded by Rev. Calvin Butts' Abyssinian Development Corp., sent ou... More >>

• Horace Mann Sex Scandal: Major Questions Still Unanswered Following Prosecutors Report

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Even though it was released Friday, we feel the need to revisit Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson's remarkable statement on the results of his investigation into sexual abuse of students by teach... More >>

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  Rev. Calvin Butts in Damage-Control Mode Over Voice Article; Invokes Don Corleone

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Reverend Calvin Butts, the politically influential Harlem pastor, is in damage-control mode following the Voice's article last week about the Abyssinian Development Corp., addressing the contents of t... More >>

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  The (Very) Earthly Pursuits of Rev. Calvin O. Butts III

  published April 17, 2013

  The Harlem Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, an art deco behemoth on the corner of 138th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, opened... More >>

• Shira Scheindlin, Federal Judge in Stop-and-Frisk Trial, Distills Debate Over Controversial Tactic

  published Apr 08, 2013

  The judge in the stop-and-frisk trial Friday offered an interesting explanation of her view on the case, and a key element of the city's defense. It came at a point where in questioning a plaintiff's ... More >>

• Steven Mauriello, NYPD Tapes Precinct Commander, Denies Quotas in Stop-and-Frisk Trial

  published Apr 03, 2013

  At times combative, the former commander of Brooklyn's 81st Precinct testified yesterday in the stop-and-frisk class-action lawsuit that he never approved of quotas, even when confronted with recordin... More >>

• Eric Adams, State Senator, Testifies Police Commissioner Told Him He Wants to "Instill Fear" Into Young Blacks and Hispanics

  published Apr 02, 2013

  State Sen. Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, testified yesterday that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told him that he ordered his commanders to "target young black and Hispanic men to instill fear in... More >>

• Phillip Banks Replaces Joseph Esposito as NYPD's Chief of Department

  published Mar 27, 2013

  The NYPD's Chief of Community Affairs, Phillip Banks, has been tapped to replace the long-serving Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, who is retiring after 40 years, police officials said. The post... More >>

• Deputy Chief Michael Marino in Stop-and-Frisk Trial: 'Do Your Job or Suffer the Consequences'

  published Mar 25, 2013

  When then-NYPD Capt. Michael Marino arrived as a commander in the tough section of Brooklyn known as East New York, he was appalled at what the 400 officers in the command considered to be work. "Th... More >>

• New NYPD Tapes Introduced In Stop and Frisk Trial

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Police Officer Pedro Serrano recorded his commanding officer in a Bronx precinct just last month bringing a racial component into his orders to perform more stop and frisks, according to testimony and... More >>

• Gracia Mayard, Queens Doctor, Busted for Dealing 400,000 Painkillers; Compares Self to Gun Dealer

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Yet another doctor was busted today for illegally selling highly addictive painkillers out of his Queens home "office," which had little actual medical equipment. Dr. Gracia Mayard, 61, is accused of... More >>

• Pedro Serrano, Second Whistleblower Cop, Testifies In Stop and Frisk Trial; Council Moves Toward Independent Monitor

  published Mar 20, 2013

  A second police officer took the witness stand today to testify that illegal quotas for arrests, summons and stop and frisks drove his precinct's crime strategy. Pedro Serrano worked in the same Bron... More >>

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  Landmark Stop and Frisk Trial: A Cop Testifies Against the NYPD, and The City Reveals Its Drip, Drip, Drip Strategy

  published Mar 20, 2013

  In the second day of the historic stop and frisk trial in federal court in Manhattan yesterday, there was the start of testimony from Adyhl Polanco, an eight-year veteran of the NYPD who has made the ... More >>

• Major Stop and Frisk Trial Begins: Harlem Mom Takes 14-year-old Son to Watch Opening Statements

  published Mar 19, 2013

  In the overflow room set up for the much anticipated trial over the city's stop and frisk campaign, we came across two unexpected courtroom observers: a mom from Harlem and her 14-year-old son. Iusas... More >>

• John Liu, Comptroller: City Needs to Analyze Causes of Five-Year Surge in Lawsuits

  published Mar 18, 2013

  In on our article this week on the five-year surge in civil rights lawsuits, we pointed out that the city does little to analyze the causes of those claims in an effort to identify problem officers or... More >>

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  Bloomberg's Sneaky Fix For All Those Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuits

  published March 13, 2013

  In the files of the federal court in Manhattan, a battle is being waged over a little known set of special court rules aimed at dealing with... More >>

• Ray Kelly, Mike Bloomberg Facing Stiff Test In Upcoming Stop and Frisk Trial, Starting Monday

  published Mar 15, 2013

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has served the city for 11 years. Mayor Bloomberg is in the final year of his third term. Next week, the legacies of both men will be tested in a major trial starting Mon... More >>