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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2010 Stories by Graham Rayman

• Ray Kelly, Hounded by Voice Revelations, To Revamp NYPD Handling of Sex Crime Complaints

  published Dec 23, 2010

  Eight months after the Voice's NYPD Tapes series began revealing widespread manipulation of crime statistics — including the downgrading of rape complaints that in at least one case allowed a pr... More >>

• Kevin Czartoryski, Well Respected NYPD Detective, Mourned

  published Dec 06, 2010

  We take a break from the snarkery here at Runnin' Scared to honor the passing of Detective Kevin Czartoryski, a stalwart and dependable member of the NYPD's public information office and an important ... More >>

• NYPD Internal Memo Offers Mixed Message on the New Law Prohibiting Quotas

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Using some bureaucratic sleight of hand, the NYPD has issued written advice for cops on the new quota law passed by the state Legislature earlier this year. While noting that quotas are illegal and d... More >>

• Feds Investigating 2007 Bellevue Jail Ward Death

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Back in June 2008, the Voice examined the controversial beating death of a mentally ill inmate in the jail ward at Bellevue Hospital Center. We reported exclusively that Patrick Miller was beaten seve... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Dirty Little Secrets in NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau

  published December 1, 2010

  Earlier this year, the Voice uncovered a troubling... More >>

• Ray Kelly to NYPD Cops: No More Loitering Arrests

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly issued an order this week telling cops that they can't arrest people for loitering anymore. The loitering statute was actually struck down way back in 1983 by a federal ... More >>

• NYPD Overseas Program A "Complete Waste of Money"

  published Nov 12, 2010

  From an unlikely source (at least for New York stories), the Washington Post, comes a fascinating article about the NYPD's Intelligence Division, and its privately funded program of placing detectives... More >>

• The Atlantic's Take On "The NYPD Tapes"

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic specializing in culture, politics and social issues for the magazine, offers his take here, as both a journalist and father, about the practices expo... More >>

• Is Crime Increasing Because NYPD Has Stopped Fudging Statsr

  published Nov 04, 2010

  The influential crime reporter Murray Weiss, ex-chief of the New York Post police bureau, is weighing in on the questions being raised about the extent of manipulating crime statistics by NYPD command... More >>

• NYPD Stops, Frisks Radio Exec for No Reason!

  published Nov 03, 2010

  The latest from The NYPD Tapes case files: Terrence Battle, an executive at Hot 97 and KISS FM, was pulling up to his house in a livery cab early last Saturday morning when a sergeant and two officer... More >>

• Ray Kelly's Publicity Piggy Bank: The Police Foundation

  published Nov 01, 2010

  In what is a fairly shocking disclosure, Leonard Levitt's NYPD Confidential reports today that the Police Foundation has spent $400,000 on a publicist who spent most of his time flacking for Police Co... More >>

• NYPD's Stop-and-Frisks Often Lack Legal Basis, Study Says

  published Oct 27, 2010

  The NYPD's stop-and-question policy suffers another hit today, as a Columbia Law School study concludes that cops often stopped people without a legal basis to do so, and didn't properly fill out the ... More >>

• Ray Kelly's Harvard Club Membership Fees, Food Paid by Non-Profit Police Foundation (Updated)

  published Oct 26, 2010

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly gets his annual $1,500 membership dues at the fancy Harvard Club paid for by the non-profit Police Foundation, Leonard Levitt's blog One Police Plaza Confidential is repo... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Scandal A "Giant Oil Spill" Ray Kelly Can't Contain, Criminologists Say

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Two criminal justice professors weighed in today with their take on the NYPD's decision to appoint a deputy inspector to reinvestigate the Adrian Schoolcraft allegations. John Eterno and Eli Silverm... More >>

• Ray Kelly Taps Deputy Inspector To "Reinvestigate" NYPD Tapes allegations

  published Oct 22, 2010

  In yet another step in the ongoing fallout from the Voice's "NYPD Tapes" series, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has tapped a deputy inspector to reinvestigate allegations by Police Officer Adrian Schoo... More >>

• Rikers Fight Club: Inmates Clash With Officers in Afternoon Brawl

  published Oct 21, 2010

  A Correction captain suffered broken facial bones and six other staffers were injured Tuesday afternoon in a brawl with inmates on Rikers Island. The fight at the Robert N. Davoren Center started, co... More >>

• City Inspector General Found Dead at Atlantic City Casino; Police Say Apparent Suicide

  published Oct 19, 2010

  An inspector general for the New York City Department of Investigation was found dead in the parking garage of an Atlantic City casino early this morning. Atlantic City police say a man identified by... More >>

• NYPD Commanders Critique Comp Stat And The Reviews Aren't Good

  published Oct 18, 2010

  In their latest article on the NYPD's crime statistics, professors John Eterno and Eli Silverman continue with their critique of the Comp Stat model with quotes from actual NYPD commanders about the d... More >>

• Newburgh 4 Terror Cell Convicted, But Case Tainted by Informant's Behavior

  published Oct 18, 2010

  After eight days of deliberating, a federal jury has convicted four Newburgh men accused of plotting to bomb synagogues in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and of scheming to fire a missile at airc... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Fallout: Ex-Precinct Commander, Four Underlings Charged With Manipulating Crime Stats

  published Oct 16, 2010

  The NYPD has filed charges against the former commander of the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and four other supervisors for manipulating crime statistics. The charges follow a five p... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Another Brooklyn Precinct Probed for Fudging Crime Stats

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Another Brooklyn police precinct is under investigation for manipulating crime statistics, the Voice has learned. This time, police sources say, it's the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights. So far, "nume... More >>

• The NYPD Tapes: The Folks at The Associated Press Offer Their Take

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Well, the Associated Press has gotten around to writing its own take-out on the case of Adrian Schoolcraft, the police officer who supplied secret recordings to the Village Voice, which exposed questi... More >>

• Harlem Children's Zone, Is It Workingr

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Geoffrey Canada's charter-based educational organization, Harlem Children's Zone, has won awards from just about everyone, including fawning portrayals on 60 Minutes, and in the recent documentary, "W... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  New York's Finest Police Cover-Up

  published October 13, 2010

  The Village Voice has learned that New York City's Police Department has spent nearly two years covering up an ugly, alcohol-fueled... More >>

• Bloomberg to Paterson: Please Let Us Keep Our NYPD Quotas

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Some interesting backstory on the debate over NYPD quotas. In a July 2 letter obtained by the Voice, Mayor Bloomberg pleaded with Governor Paterson to veto a bill that broadened a ban on the use of q... More >>