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

• John Liu "Stunned" At Arrest of His Campaign Treasurer on Fraud Charges

  published Feb 28, 2012

  The campaign treasurer for City Comptroller John Liu was arrested and charged today with fraud for her role in a scheme that used fake donors to pump money into his relection campaign, federal prosecu... More >>

• NYPD Numbers Show Sharp Increases in Crime So Far This Year

  published Feb 21, 2012

  That jump in the citywide crime rate has continued through the sixth week of the year, up over 5 percent so far, with thefts and robbery accounting for the increase. Robberies, burglaries and grand la... More >>

• Eric Stein, ex-Vegas Con-Man, Pleads to Pet Scam Charges

  published Feb 16, 2012

  America, being the land of opportunity and all that, certainly generates more than its share of brilliant scammers, but Eric Stein may be a candidate for the con-man hall of fame, pets division--not s... More >>

• NYPD Hit With Flurry of Bad Raid Lawsuits

  published Feb 15, 2012

  Last month, the NYPD was hit with at least six bad raid lawsuits, including faulty incursions into a 76-year-old woman's apartment, and a residence occupied by a married couple and two five-year-old k... More >>

• Cop Shooter's Gun Could Have Been Bought For As Little As $30

  published Feb 02, 2012

  The revolver used in the shooting of Police Officer Kevin Brennan has a controversial history, and a reputation as a poorly made street gun that was likely passed from hand to hand over a period of ma... More >>

• Ray Kelly, Spokesman Browne On Hot Seat In Anti-Islam Movie Fallout

  published Jan 25, 2012

  In more fallout from "film gate"--the NYPD's decision to show a controversial anti-Islam film to cops at an anti-terror training center--Mayor Bloomberg says it showed "terrible judgment," and Police ... More >>

• Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Has to Remind Cops to Take Criminal Complaints

  published Jan 24, 2012

  More than a year after revelations in this newspaper and others media outlets about police under-reporting of crime complaints, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has taken the unusual step of actually rem... More >>

• Anti-Muslim Film Shown to 1,500 Police Officers, Far More Than NYPD Claimed

  published Jan 24, 2012

  In another example of the chickens coming home to roost, the NYPD has had to reveal that almost 1,500 police officers were shown a controversial film which the Voice described a year ago--in first bre... More >>

• Al Vann, Brooklyn Councilman, Says NYPD Breaking the Law By Not Releasing Audits of Crime Numbers

  published Jan 12, 2012

  City Councilman Al Vann, who has represented Bedford-Stuyvesant in some elected capacity since 1974, weighed in on the NYPD's refusal to release 11 years of 81st Precinct crime statistics, calling it ... More >>

• Ron Paul Makes Rain For His District, But No Fan of Earmarks...Huhr

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Republican candidate Ron Paul may have Libertarian leanings, but that hasn't stopped him from requesting tens of millions in earmark money from the government for pet projects in his district. For e... More >>

• Obama Admin Okays Monitoring of Reportersr No, No, Says Homeland Security Flack

  published Jan 10, 2012

  The web is abuzz today with reports that the Department of Homeland Security has approved collecting of personal information from television anchors, news reporters, bloggers, and anyone else who uses... More >>

• Ray Kelly, NYPD, Sued For Refusing to Release Crime Stats From Scandal-Tained Brooklyn Precinct

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Continuing its record of stone-walling public inquiry, the NYPD is refusing to release crime statistics for the past 11 years from the scandal-tainted 81st Precinct in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section o... More >>

• Why Won't the NYPD Charge Motorists Who Maim or Kill?

  published January 11, 2012

  On March 21 of last year, a motorist ran a red light and caused an accident that killed 82-year-old Margaret Choberka. No charges were... More >>

• Federal Agents Helped Major Drug Trafficker Move Millions in Cash

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Agency helped a Mexican narcotics kingpin transfer million of dollars in illegal cash profits, the New York Times reports today. The DEA program recalls a simi... More >>