"I mean there was a moment where he was like, 'yeah, you're going to be my wife,' recalled Jasmine Ray, the author of the forthcoming book, 'Political Humanity,' which details what she called her 'hidden relationship' with Adams. Ray sat down with the NBC New York I-Team for her first TV interview since stepping down as Director of the Mayor's Office of Sports, Wellness, and Recreation."
"In an advance copy of the book, provided by Ray, she writes fondly of Adams, suggesting the embattled mayor is a 'flawed hero' who was unfairly damaged by a thin corruption case brought by the Biden Department of Justice and later withdrawn by prosecutors appointed by President Trump. 'When the 58-page indictment dropped, full of accusations about airline upgrades and straw donations, the charges themselves were relatively minor,' Ray wrote."
Six years before Eric Adams became mayor, he and Jasmine Ray had a personal relationship that Ray says lasted about six months and ended by early 2016. Ray later served as Director of the Mayor's Office of Sports, Wellness, and Recreation and says she maintains a friendship with Adams. A City Hall spokesperson confirmed a personal relationship about a decade ago and denied any romantic involvement after both began working at City Hall. Ray portrays Adams as a 'flawed hero' and characterizes the federal indictment as containing relatively minor accusations. Ray describes being a reluctant witness and recounts Adams warning her on October 10, 2024 about possible federal monitoring.
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