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

• Feds Take Down Major Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

  published May 25, 2012

  In a case that probably should have gotten more attention than it did, federal prosecutors took down a major prescription drug trafficking organization this week, indicting Jose Garcia Acosta and 13... More >>

• Etan Patz Arrest: Is It Really An Open and Shut Caser

  published May 25, 2012

  Is there a problem with the arrest in the Etan Patz caser So wonders New York Times Columnist Jim Dwyer in today's newspaper. Dwyer suggests that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg we... More >>

• SEEDCO, Nonprofit Bloomberg Admin Fave, Slapped By Feds With Fraud Lawsuit

  published May 23, 2012

  Federal prosecutors filed a civil fraud case this week against SEEDCO, which ran two job placement centers under contract with the city, for taking million of dollars in government funding without pro... More >>

• Edward Gavin, Former City Jails Official, Says Child Welfare Authorities Should Investigate Teen Facility

  published May 22, 2012

  In the wake of a Village Voice report on violence at a troubled city jail, city and state child welfare authorities should investigate whether adolescents are being abused there, a former high rankin... More >>

• NYCLU: Ray Kelly's Stop and Frisk Fixes A "Desperate Public Relations Attempt"

  published May 17, 2012

  And the reaction to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's series of moves to address criticism of the NYPD's stop and frisk programr Well, the New York Civil Liberties Union doesn't seem too impressed, call... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Issues New Orders Which Likely Will Effect The Number of Stop and Frisks

  published May 17, 2012

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly today issued two new department orders which could sharply effect the way police execute the stop and frisk program. The orders come a day after a federal judge broadene... More >>

• Norman Seabrook, Correction Officers Union President, Reacts to Voice Cover Story

  published May 15, 2012

  Reacting to the last week's Voice's cover story on violence in the city jails, the correction officers union president, Norman Seabrook, criticized the stewardship of jails commissioner Dora Schriro. ... More >>

• Aunray Stanford, Teen Inmate, Seriously Injured At Troubled City Jail

  published May 15, 2012

  Another teen inmate was seriously injured over the weekend in the Robert N. Davoren Center, where teenagers are housed. Correction officials confirm that Aunray Stanford, 18, was injured in a strugg... More >>

• Gail Lewis, Sherman Graham, Jail Supervisors Convicted For Covering Up a Fight

  published May 14, 2012

  Two senior correction officers were convicted today by a Bronx jury for falsifying a fight report and ordering 14 recruits to cover up the incident back in 2006, authorities said. The jury deliberat... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Rikers Violence: Out Of Control

  published May 9, 2012

  The Voice has obtained extremely disturbing images from New York City's jail system. These photographs—graphically showing... More >>

• Bloomberg Declares With Straight Face: NYPD Doesn't Have Quotas

  published May 07, 2012

  Mayor Bloomberg must have quite a sense of humor for saying today that the NYPD "does not have quotas," in response to the PBA ad published in this morning's Daily News. He must be joking to take th... More >>

• PBA: Blame NYPD For Ticket Quotas; Cops Unfairly Targeted by Internal Affairs

  published May 07, 2012

  In an unusual public push-back at Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the city's police officers union ran an ad in today's Daily News, attacking the department for pressuring officers to hit quotas and th... More >>

• May Day Aftermath: Credit Police Working Ridiculous Hours For Uneventful Day of Protests

  published May 02, 2012

  Aside from pushing and shoving and a relatively paltry 50 arrests, the May Day protests yesterday were largely peaceful. The credit for that should go to the police officers assigned yesterday to the ... More >>

• City Schools Blow It; Send Error-Riddled Stats To Federal Oversight Agency *UPDATED*

  published Apr 25, 2012

  From the land of the seriously hard to believe, a major statistical report by the New York city Department of Education, which oversees our public schools, to the U.S. Department of Education Office o... More >>

• NYPD Tapes: Federal Judge Lets Quota Lawsuit Go Forward

  published Apr 24, 2012

  We learned last night that a federal judge has granted class certification to a lawsuit which claims the NYPD's quota policy is unconstitutional and results in summonses and stop and frisks being done... More >>

• Public School Officials Redlining, New Report Says; Poor African-American Kids Get Worse Schools Than White Kids

  published Apr 20, 2012

  In a interesting new report, researchers say that there is a correlation between the quality of New York City public school education, and the racial and economic makeup of the school district where a... More >>

• Police Officer, On Duty, Caught In Steamy Phone Sex Session

  published Apr 13, 2012

  Occasionally, us local reporters here at the Voice like to stray from the confines of the Big Apple to bring you the truly bizarre. Here, in another installment, we bring you the Santa Fe, N.M. cop wh... More >>

• Richard Breunich, JP Morgan Executive, Has Carte Blanche At NYPD Headquarters

  published Apr 11, 2012

  A top executive at the investment bank JP Morgan Chase has special access to police headquarters, the Voice has learned. The mystery is why. Most of us regular folks have to go through a ridiculous s... More >>

• Rikers Island Inmate Badly Beaten While Handcuffed for Protesting When Guards Denied Him a Baloney Sandwich

  published Apr 10, 2012

  From the depths of Rikers Island comes an appalling case of alleged jailhouse brutality, involving correction officers beating a handcuffed inmate within an inch of his life for protesting after he wa... More >>

• Bloomberg Cites Crime Drop in Brooklyn Precinct; Doesn't Mention Big Spike

  published Apr 09, 2012

  In his comments Sunday about the shooting of four police officers in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, Mayor Bloomberg--never one to miss a chance to tout good numbers--told reporters that "crim... More >>

• Sotheby's, Famed Auction House, Caught Knowingly Trying to Sell Stolen Cambodian Statue, Prosecutors Say

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Sotheby's tried to sell a 1,000-year-old Cambodian statue that was pilfered from an important religious site, even though the famed auction house knew it had been stolen, federal prosecutors say. In ... More >>

• Ray Kelly Warns Cops: Look Out For Those Handcuff Key Bracelets

  published Apr 04, 2012

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is warning cops about rope bracelets containing hidden handcuff keys, according to an internal NYPD memo obtained by the Voice. Kelly sent out photos of the product to a... More >>

• Bloomberg Health Alert: Tofu Blamed For Two Cases of Botulism

  published Mar 31, 2012

  Ok, we're going to make an important distinction here: Tofu is funny. Botulism, not so funny. Tofu is a soy-based, largely flavorless paste that can be molded into interesting shapes. Botulism is a ... More >>

• Christine Quinn Touts Role in CCRB Deal, So Why Won't She Fill Vacant Board Seat

  published Mar 30, 2012

  City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn this week touted her role in the deal which expands the prosecutorial role for the Civilian Complaint Review Board against police officers accu... More >>

• Earth, You Are Not Alone, But Commute Will Be Tough, Scientists Say

  published Mar 30, 2012

  Well, scientists have finally discovered a cure for the New York City housing crisis, only the subway fare is going to be a doozy. From the UK Telegraph, scientists say they have discovered at least ... More >>