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

• NYPD Gives Brooklyn Man Trespassing Charge For Ducking Under an Awning During Today's Rainstorm!

  published Sep 28, 2010

  Earlier today, right around the time that the City Council was holding a hearing on the NYPD's controversial stop and frisk practices, cops slapped a Brooklyn man with a trespassing charge for standin... More >>

• Ray Kelly's Spokesman Paul Browne Denies "Quotas," Union Boss and Crime Commission Chief Beg To Differ

  published Sep 10, 2010

  Citizens Crime Commission President Richard Aborn and police union president Patrick Lynch offered their takes this afternoon on the newest of the "NYPD Tapes," which reveal precinct commanders threat... More >>

• *New* NYPD Tapes: "We're Gonna Get Our Cojones Busted In For Patrol's Activity," Precinct Bosses Say

  published Sep 09, 2010

  A new set of recordings made in April and May in Brooklyn's 81st Precinct and obtained by the Voice capture the precinct's commanders and their mid-level bosses discussing how to pressure the rank-and... More >>

• Truth Versus Spin: An Op-Ed on the NYPD's Crime Statistics From Two Criminologists

  published Sep 09, 2010

  By John A. Eterno and Eli B. Silverman The NYPD, its acolytes, and assorted politicians' 15 year unyielding boasting and bellowing of the City's "miraculous crime drop" has constantly filled the air ... More >>

• In the U.S. Senate, A Hearing on Downgrading Rape Complaints; In Our City Council, Crickets (Update)

  published Sep 08, 2010

  While elected officials here in the city are reticent to hold public hearings on allegations published in the Village Voice on the downgrading of criminal complaints by the NYPD, the United States Sen... More >>

• NYPD Big Caught in the NYPD Tapes Should be Suspended, Department Judge Rules

  published Sep 08, 2010

  A deputy chief in the NYPD should be suspended for 30 days and get probation for breaking department rules on using human growth hormone, an administrative law judges has ruled. As the Village Voice ... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Show a "Toxic Environment": John Jay Prof

  published Sep 07, 2010

  In more reaction to the Voice's "NYPD Tapes" series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), an influential criminal justice professor at John Jay College is saying that the recordings made in a Broo... More >>

• Ray Kelly Hears It From Brooklyn Politicians Over Stop-and-Frisks

  published Sep 02, 2010

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was challenged on the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy in a recent meeting with Brooklyn politicians, the Voice has learned. In a meeting described as "somewhat tense," Kell... More >>

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  NYPD Tapes 5: The Corroboration

  published August 25, 2010

  At the same time NYPD whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft was secretly recording his supervisors in a Brooklyn precinct, an officer named Adil... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Fallout: Precinct Commander and Deputy Chief Under Investigation

  published Aug 23, 2010

  In the wake of the Voice's "NYPD Tapes" series, police are investigating the conduct of a precinct commander and a deputy chief in connection with events at the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn, and the deci... More >>

• David Johnson, Gov. Paterson Aide Surrenders to Authorities, to Be Arraigned Later Today

  published Aug 12, 2010

  The Bronx District Attorney's office tells us that David Johnson, a former aide to Governor Paterson, is going to be arraigned later today in Bronx criminal court on charges stemming from an alleged d... More >>

• Murders Up 17 Percent, NYPD Crime Stats Show

  published Aug 12, 2010

  Periodically, we here at Runnin Scared take a look at the city's crime statistics. Well, almost three quarters of the way through the year, crime citywide is at about the same level as it was this tim... More >>

• Man Shot, Killed in the Wakefield Section of the Bronx

  published Aug 12, 2010

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday Aug. 11, 2010 at approximately 12:12 a.m. LOCATION: The corner of Matilda Avenue and East 240 Street, Wakefield, The Bronx. Police responded just after midnight to a ... More >>

• New York Mag and Other Media Offer Their Takes on NYPD Whistleblower's Lawsuit

  published Aug 10, 2010

  The word, reported here yesterday in Runnin' Scared, that NYPD whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft was filing a $50 million lawsuit against the NYPD and Jamaica Hospital was picked up this morning by col... More >>

• Ray Kelly's Top Spokesman Paul Browne Present When NYPD Whistleblower Hauled to Psych Ward, Lawsuit Says

  published Aug 09, 2010

  Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's top aide Paul Browne, the department spokesman, was present when cops forcibly hauled NYPD whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft to the Jamaica Hospital psychiatric war... More >>

• Bed-Stuy Community Forum Tonight on the NYPD Tapes

  published Jul 14, 2010

  In the wake of the Voice' s "NYPD Tapes" series, and the reassignment of a precinct commander in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a community forum will be held this evening at a neighborhood church, City Councilm... More >>

• Steven Mauriello, Subject of Voice Series "The NYPD Tapes" Is Out at Bed-Stuy

  published Jul 06, 2010

  In the wake of the Voice's 'NYPD Tapes' series, the commanding officer of Brooklyn's 81st Precinct has been reassigned to the Bronx. Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello, who was heard repeatedly harang... More >>

• "NYPD Confidential" Offers Its Take on the Voice's "NYPD Tapes" Series

  published Jun 21, 2010

  Leonard Levitt, the highly regarded police reporter who writes the internet column "NYPD Confidential," offers his own take on the Police Department's handling of the case of Adrian Schoolcraft, the p... More >>

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  NYPD Tapes 4: The WhistleBlower, Adrian Schoolcraft

  published June 15, 2010

  Last Halloween, three weeks after he made allegations of misconduct in Brooklyn's 81st Precinct, Adrian Schoolcraft's career in the New York... More >>

• Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Makes Change To Stop and Frisk Policy

  published Jun 14, 2010

  For the second time in a month, the Police Department has issued new orders surrounding the Stop and Frisk campaign. The change comes in the wake of the Village Voice's NYPD Tapes series, which repor... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Part 3: The Real World Effect of Downgrading Crime Complaints

  published Jun 10, 2010

  Part 3 of the Village Voice series the NYPD Tapes examines the real world effect of downgrading crime complaints by looking at how a series of sexual assault-robberies in Washington Heights were downg... More >>

• NYPD Tapes 3: A Detective Comes Forward About Downgraded Sexual Assaults

  published June 8, 2010

  As a result of The Village Voice More >>

• NYPD Quotas leading to Civil Rights Violations, New Lawsuit Says

  published Jun 07, 2010

  The city is facing a new class action lawsuit filed by nine New Yorkers over the NYPD's use of quotas to get officers to issue summonses and stop-and-frisk people, court records show. The lawsuit, fi... More >>

• Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, and Brooklyn Councilman Al Vann Butt Heads Over 'NYPD Tapes' Series

  published Jun 04, 2010

  Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and City Councilman Al Vann had a tense exchange yesterday at City Hall over the fallout stemming from the Village Voice series, "The NYPD Tapes." New York Times police b... More >>

• NYPD Tapes Fallout: Brooklyn Pols to Seek Resignation of 81st Precinct Commander

  published May 26, 2010

  A group of elected officials, clergy and community board members intend to press Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to remove the commander of Bedford-Stuyvesant 81st Precinct, Deputy Inspector Steven Maur... More >>