{"id":272096,"date":"2025-10-02T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/272096\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:41:11","slug":"ex-city-hall-staffer-writes-about-eric-adams-hidden-relationship-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/272096\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-City Hall staffer writes about Eric Adams\u2019 \u2018hidden relationship\u2019 \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six years before Eric Adams<\/a> became mayor of New York City, he was romancing a woman he would later hire to be one of his own City Hall staffers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean there was a moment where he was like, \u2018yeah, you\u2019re going to be my wife,\u2019\u201d recalled Jasmine Ray, the author of the forthcoming book, \u201cPolitical Humanity,\u201d which details what she called her \u201chidden relationship\u201d with Adams.<\/p>\n

Ray sat down with the NBC New York I-Team for her first TV interview since stepping down as Director of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Sports, Wellness, and Recreation.\u00a0She said continues to have a friendship with the mayor, but her physical relationship with Adams lasted only about six months and ended by the beginning of 2016. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ended it,\u201d she said. \u201cIn front of him, I said OK.\u00a0And then I went to my car and I was boo-hooing like a baby,\u201d Ray said.<\/p>\n

Contacted by the I-Team, Kayla Mamelak, a City Hall spokesperson, confirmed Ray and Adams had a personal relationship about a decade ago. But she stressed there had been no romantic engagements since the two started working together at City Hall.<\/p>\n

In an advance copy of the book, provided by Ray, she writes fondly of Adams, suggesting the embattled mayor is a \u201cflawed hero\u201d who was unfairly damaged by a thin corruption case brought by the Biden Department of Justice and later withdrawn by prosecutors appointed by President Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the 58-page indictment dropped, full of accusations about airline upgrades and straw donations, the charges themselves were relatively minor,\u201d Ray wrote.\u00a0\u201cThe press didn\u2019t present them that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ray also writes about her own role as a reluctant witness in the federal investigation that dogged her boss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In one passage, she details the mayor pulling her aside on October 10, 2024, and warning her about federal agents who might be monitoring her.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re on a short list of people that have frequent contact with me. I just want you to be aware,\u201d she wrote, quoting Adams.<\/p>\n

Once investigators began contacting her, she said her life became traumatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom October 2024 to March 2025, my life was hell,\u201d Ray wrote.\u00a0\u201cI was subpoenaed four times, interrogated repeatedly, and gained 20 pounds from the stress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite writing that one of her lawyers viewed her as a \u201cstar witness\u201d in the case against Adams, Ray said she remains perplexed about how any of the information she provided could have implicated her boss and former lover in any sort of criminal activity.\u00a0Though prosecutors charged Adams with trading political favors in return for more than $100,000 in travel upgrades, Ray said she\u2019s not sure the alleged conduct rose to the level of criminality \u2014 even if it was in bad taste.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s illegal. I think it\u2019s up to a judge to decide. I don\u2019t know,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it was tacky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams has denied wrongdoing related to federal corruption investigations and his lawyer suggested the travel perks were nothing more than courtesies that airlines and hotels offer to all sorts of notable people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, the I-Team first reported on Jasmine Ray, revealing she not only worked as a staffer for the mayor, but that Adams also obtained a conflict of interest waiver allowing Ray to have a second job as a consultant for Brooklyn\u2019s Cornerstone Daycare, a childcare facility that has city contracts.\u00a0City Hall defended the arrangement, saying Ray\u2019s dual role showed her ability to lead a government office while also serving youth outside her public capacity.<\/p>\n

Ray resigned her post in City Hall two days before Adams announced a suspension of his re-election campaign. She defended her record of accomplishments, including advocating to allow non-educators to coach public school athletic teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re saying if you are Michael Jordan or Derek Jeter, you can\u2019t even volunteer to coach our high school kids.\u00a0 That\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d Ray said.<\/p>\n

In closing her book, she makes a broader appeal that the public should look beyond headlines and recognize politicians as vulnerable people who shouldn\u2019t be defined by perceived mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote this book because I believe we need a new way forward\u2014beyond cancel culture\u2014toward something closer to accountability with compassion,\u201d Ray wrote. \u201cPolitical Humanity isn\u2019t about power or perception.\u00a0It\u2019s about choosing to see the person beneath the title, the headline, the mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Political Humanity” is scheduled to be released as an e-book or audio book on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six years before Eric Adams became mayor of New York City, he was romancing a woman he would…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":272097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5289,57511,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-272096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-eric-adams","10":"tag-i-team","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115305099367481753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}