Favorite woman of Eric Adams: what is known about Tracy Collins, the future first lady of New York

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams is not officially married, but is in a relationship with a woman named Tracy Collins. After Adams takes office, she will become the unofficial first lady of the city, although Tracy does not seem to be keen on publicity. She did not run for Eric Adams' campaign and did not even attend the victory parties on November 2 in Brooklyn and Manhattan. What is known about this woman, told the publication New York Post.

When the elected mayor takes office next year, the couple may face some ethical issues. Collins, 58, works in the city Department of Education the administrator of the school, and Adams will effectively become its head.

“We will ask the Conflict of Interest Council for help,” said Adams spokesman Evan Tees.

Collins has been doing this job since 2008, according to official documents. It is known from the documents that she earned $ 173 last year.

"She gets up at dawn to run the largest school system in the United States," Adams, 61, wrote of the chosen one in his vegan book, Healthy Finally: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes. He noted that Collins usually "works 12 hours a day and she never has a break."

Tees said Adams had previously stated that Collins would not play any role in his administration. It is unknown if she will move to the Gracie Mansion (the official residence of New York City mayors) when the mayor-elect takes office in January.

What is known about Collins

In fact, little is known about the couple's relationship. Collins grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to public records. She lives in a two-bedroom apartment overlooking the Hudson River in Fort Lee, New Jersey. According to Adams, he spends his weekends there.

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In addition to teaching, Collins is the author of Sweet Promptings, an inspirational book published in 2007. Adams was a state senator at the time and wrote the introduction to this book. It is unclear if they met even then or maintained friendly relations.

Even a fellow MP who was close to Adams during his time in the State Senate said he didn't remember Collins. At the time, she was serving in Albany as Chair of the Education Task Force. Adams was a state senator representing Brooklyn from 2006 to 2013. He was then elected President of Brooklyn.

“Scientists are students who are getting smarter, wiser and kinder every day,” says Collins' book. She describes spontaneous good deeds - her own and other people. Collins wrote how she decided to give her old car to a single mother "so that [the woman] could bring her children to school, to their place of faith, and get to work herself." According to Collins, she "gave the woman a car not out of pity, but out of sincere concern for her well-being and happiness."

As Adams noted in the introduction, a portion of the book's proceeds went to victims of Hurricane Katrina in Collins' hometown.

Saggy pants

In 2010 Collins and Adams collaborated on an advertising campaign in Brooklyn called Stop the Sag. Her goal was to encourage young people to literally pull up their pants.

“Be proud of your appearance: by pulling up your pants, you will tighten your image,” read the campaign's call. It was created in partnership with Fully Persuaded for Children and Families, a non-profit organization.

Saggy pants “is one of those problems that greatly affects young people. They go to classes, they go to schools ... and people appreciate their appearance, ”Collins said. A campaign press release was posted on Senator Adams' website in March 2010.

Collins did not run for Adams' 2021 campaign. He does not change his rules - Throughout his career as a policeman and lawmaker, Adams did not expand on his personal relationships.

“Throughout my police career, none of my colleagues knew I had a son,” Adams said during a June press conference. He is the father of 26-year-old Jordan Coleman. The mayor-elect and Coleman's mother have never been married. They broke up when Jordan was 2 years old.

Warm relationship with mother

Despite the secrecy surrounding his immediate family, Adams used the name of his mother, Dorothy Adams, who worked as a cook and cleaner, during the election campaign. Dorothy Adams single-handedly raised her six children in Brooklyn and Queens. She died in March at the age of 83.

"Eric is one of those people who will not let their chosen one in their affairs," said a political agent in Queens who has known Adams for decades. - He deals with his own affairs. When I was in Albany, I was everywhere alone. She (Tracey Collins) won't look like de Blasio's wife, she just won't be in sight. "

Collins is unlikely to be involved with the city government, unlike First Lady Chirlaine McCrae, who was with de Blasio for two terms as mayor and often organized her own projects.

Second half

Although Adams does not advertise his relationship with Collins, in a recent book he called her "his soul mate."

“We do everything together, and I would not have started this venture if she wasn’t ready for it either,” Adams wrote, referring to the vegan diet, which he encouraged his friend to follow.

“Tracy and I are not the kind of people who do something halfway. So we threw out all the junk food in our kitchen, ”he wrote.

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“I was worried about Tracy, who was diagnosed with a pre-diabetic condition,” he wrote. - She oversees schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx. I've never met anyone more dedicated to his job than Tracy. She was so dedicated to her cause that she sacrificed her health for the children of New York. ”

The diet, on which each of them lost more than 13 kg, was especially difficult for Collins, as she had to give up her favorite treats since childhood - traditional Louisiana dishes that her mother prepared.