""From the shadows of City Hall to the silence of closed-door meetings, Jasmine Ray reveals her untold role in the life of New York City's mayor, Eric Adams," reads a website for the self-published e-book, which will be released on Sunday, Oct. 5. "Their hidden relationship-marked by intimacy, sacrifice, and betrayal-mirrors the larger struggles of politics itself: the tension between personal humanity and public expectation.""
"A spokesperson for Mayor Adams confirmed to the New York Daily News that Adams and Ray had a romantic relationship "roughly" ten years ago, before he ultimately hired her as his "sports czar." The spokesperson said Ray and Adams had not been romantic since working together in City Hall. Adams, 65, is not married; however, he has been in a years-long relationship with his girlfriend, Tracey Collins, a former senior official at the Department of Education. The couple notably attended the 2022 Met Gala together."
Jasmine Ray, former director of the Mayor's Office of Sports, Wellness, and Recreation, recounts a past hidden romantic relationship with Mayor Eric Adams in a memoir titled "Political Humanity," set for release Oct. 5. Ray resigned from her City Hall post days before Adams ended his re-election campaign. A mayoral spokesperson confirmed a romantic relationship occurred roughly ten years ago before Adams hired Ray and asserted no romance occurred while they worked together. Adams remains in a years-long relationship with Tracey Collins, who the spokesperson said knew of the past relationship. Ray was appointed in 2022 to a role with a $161,400 salary. The memoir's cover depicts a woman holding a suited man's bald head with the city skyline across his back.
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