A former girlfriend of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to publish a memoir revealing details of their past relationship, just days after resigning from a $160,000-a-year position within his administration, as reported [1] by the New York Post.
Jasmine Ray, 42, who was appointed by Adams as the city’s first director of the Mayor’s Office of Sports, Wellness and Recreation, is releasing a book titled Political Humanity on Sunday.
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The memoir describes her relationship with Adams, which she says began in 2014, years before he became mayor.
According to Ray, she met Adams at a Brooklyn Nets game in 2014, and they began dating the following year while Adams was serving as Brooklyn Borough President.
She claims the relationship ended abruptly in 2016, leaving her devastated, though the two attempted to rekindle it in 2021 after Adams won the Democratic primary.
“Their hidden relationship — marked by intimacy, sacrifice, and betrayal — mirrors the larger struggles of politics itself: the tension between personal humanity and public expectation,” the book’s description reads.
Ray told The New York Times that Adams contacted her after his 2021 primary victory, saying, “I’m going to be mayor of New York City, and I don’t want to do this without you.”
She recalled meeting him soon afterward on a Staten Island boardwalk, where Adams reportedly spoke at length about former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s influence on him. “He was like, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg,” she said. “And I was like, yes, Bloomberg is amazing.”
When Adams took office in 2022, he appointed Ray to the newly created post of sports czar. She resigned from that role last Friday, the same day Adams announced he was ending his re-election campaign.
The memoir also contains personal anecdotes, including Ray’s description of comforting Adams by rubbing a scar on the back of his head. “He could sit still for hours if I kept my hand there, as if my touch eased something no one else could reach,” she wrote.
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Ray claims Adams spent years urging her not to publish the book, fearing it would damage his political career. Adams has not publicly acknowledged their past relationship. He has been in a long-term relationship with Tracey Collins, a Department of Education administrator.
Adams’ office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.