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

• Shawnde Murphy, 23, Shot, Killed in Bushwick

  published Apr 05, 2010

  View Larger Map Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010, 11:15 p.m. Location: 41 Weirfield St., Bushwick, Brooklyn The police say Shawnde Murphy, 23, of Weirfield Street, was shot outside the above address lat... More >>

• Joseph Azoro, 25, Shot and Killed in Far Rock

  published Apr 04, 2010

  View Larger Map DATE: Friday April 2, 2010, 314 p.m. LOCATION: 51-11 Almeda Ave., Far Rockaway, Queens. Joseph Azoro, 25, of Brookhaven Avenue in Queens, was shot and killed Friday evening outside a... More >>

• Crime's Up, and the Culprits Are... Liberal Judgesr

  published Apr 02, 2010

  We know crime is up. Now, the question is: Who's to blamer Well, the New York Post editorial page has vetted the field, and the winner is: "see-no-evil judges." (That's Judge Judy at right. We don't ... More >>

• Cops Shoot Armed Civilian in a Struggle Over a Gun

  published Apr 01, 2010

  The police are saying that they shot a civilian earlier today during a struggle over a handgun in Brooklyn. Three plainclothes anti-crime officers spotted a man who apparently fit the description of a... More >>

• Cops Nab Fugitive Joseph Roman in Vegas For The 2008 Murder of Daniel Wallace

  published Apr 01, 2010

  Date: March 14, 2008, 8:37 p.m. Location: In front of 1490 Metropolitan Ave., Parkchester, The Bronx. It took just over two years, but the police have arrested a man sought in the 2008 slaying of 19... More >>

• What if Hitler had to go to NYPD Compstatr

  published Mar 31, 2010

  Some genius has come up with a new spoof of the Hitler film Downfall, in which Der Fuhrer is cast as a precinct commander forced to go get his head handed to him at one of the NYPD's Compstat meetings... More >>

• Richard Vazquez, Critical Mass Biker Knocked Off His Bike by Cops in 2007, Gets City Settlement

  published Mar 30, 2010

  Remember that guy who was pushed off his bike by a police sergeant in Times Square back in March, 2007, during a Critical Mass bike rider Well, the city has agreed this week to pay cyclist Richard Va... More >>

• Overall Crime Goes Up, Fueled by Jumps in Murders, Robberies and Burglaries

  published Mar 30, 2010

  The NYPD is normally very efficient about posting the latest crime statistics to its website each Monday. But as the crime numbers have gotten worse, the department all of a sudden is getting slower i... More >>

• Two Slashed to Death in Subway Melee; Motiver A Tossed Trash Bag

  published Mar 29, 2010

  View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 5:10 a.m. LOCATION: The 1 Train at at Varick Street and Houston Street, Lower Manhattan. Well, with all the hubbub over the jump in the murder rate, M... More >>

• Morrisania Man Stabbed to Death

  published Mar 29, 2010

  View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2:35 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 200 East 165 St., Morrisania, The Bronx. Early Saturday, the police say, a 31-year-old man was stabbed repeatedly in t... More >>

• Highbridge Man Shot in the Head in His Car

  published Mar 29, 2010

  View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: In front of 1262 Nelson Ave., Highbridge, The Bronx. A man was shot outside the above address Sunday evening, the police say. He was... More >>

• Corrections Officers Beaten with Their Own Batons in Rikers Melee

  published Mar 29, 2010

  When jail inmates riot, correction officers wearing helmets and carrying shields are called in. They usually put down a disturbance without much resistance. Not so over the weekend in a jail on Rik... More >>

• Man, 20, Shot Dead in Pelham Gardens

  published Mar 26, 2010

  View Larger Map Date: Thursday March 25, 2010, 10:34 p.m. Location: In front of 665 Allerton Ave., Pelham Gardens, The Bronx. The police say a man was found shot outside the above address late Thur... More >>

• Citywide Shootings and Shooting Victims Up, Along With Murders

  published Mar 26, 2010

  Following our item yesterday on the 23 percent jump in the murder rate so far this year, the Daily News this morning offered its own take, saying that the number of shootings, and shooting victims, ... More >>

• Requiem: Voice E-mails Remember Slain New Yorkers

  published Mar 26, 2010

  Here in the "Somebody got Murdered" newsroom, we often get eloquent, poignant emails from Voice readers about homicide victims. We can't always reproduce those comments in a separate item. Often, they... More >>

• Three Shot, One Dead in Long Island City

  published Mar 25, 2010

  Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 12:05 a.m. Location: 41-17 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, Queens. Three men were shot inside a 5th floor hallway at the above address. One of the victims, a 32-yea... More >>

• Maria Torres, 67, Slain in Sunset Park, Allegedly by Her Nurse

  published Mar 25, 2010

  Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:00 a.m. Location: 558 50 Street, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The city Medical Examiner has ruled the death of 67-year-old Maria Torres, of 50th Street in Brooklyn, a... More >>

• Coyote in Holland Tunnel: Didn't Pay Toll

  published Mar 24, 2010

  We're told that the NYPD's elite Emergency Services Unit has been called to the Manhattan side of the Holland Tunnel to chase down a coyote initially spotted in the tunnel. According to the most rec... More >>

• No Connection Between 9/11 Attacks and Diseaser

  published Mar 24, 2010

  At this point, saying that science has yet to directly link 9/11 exposure to the wide range of ailments suffered by Ground Zero workers is like poking a gorilla in the eye with a stick or commanding a... More >>

• Toddler Sanaa Brewington Beaten to Death, Allegedly by Mom's Boyfriend

  published Mar 22, 2010

  DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 3:23 a.m. LOCATION: Inside of 820 Colgate Ave., Clasons Point, The Bronx. A 22-month-old toddler, Sanaa Brewington, who lived in a 13th floor apartment at the above ... More >>

• David Morales, 30, Shot to Death With His Kids in the Next Room

  published Mar 22, 2010

  DATE: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:10 a.m. LOCATION: Inside of 1488 Vyse Ave., Morrisania, The Bronx. A man identified in press reports as David Morales, 30, was shot in the chest early Sunday at the ... More >>

• So Much for that Giant Settlement With Ground Zero Workers

  published Mar 22, 2010

  Last Monday, to great fanfare, the city announced a settlement had been reached with ailing Ground Zero workers after some six years of litigation. The settlement would have provided up to $657.5 mill... More >>

• Orlando Salgado, 26, Stabbed While Defending a Teen From Thugs

  published Mar 22, 2010

  DATE: Friday, March, 19, 2010, 10:39 p.m. LOCATION: In front of 397 E 197 St., Bedford Park, The Bronx. Orlando Salgado, 26, of Decatur Street in the Bronx, was stabbed fatally outside the above ad... More >>

• Julius Smith, 19, Killed in Fight with Friend in Far Rock

  published Mar 22, 2010

  DATE: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 4:44 a.m. LOCATION: Beach 6 Street and Seagirt Blvd., Far Rockaway, Queens. Julius Smith, 19, of Thursby Avenue in Queens, was shot at the above intersection early ... More >>

• Randell Tyler, 27, Shot and Killed in Bed-Stuy

  published Mar 22, 2010

  DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12:38 a.m. LOCATION: 354 Madison St., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Randell Tyler, 27, of Gates Avenue in Brooklyn, was shot and fatally wounded near the above addre... More >>