Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime girlfriend has quietly retired from her high-ranking six-figure position at the Big Apple’s Department of Education amid city investigation In the unofficial First Lady’s alleged “no-show job”.
Tracy Collins, who served as a senior adviser to Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, served her last term on Nov. 1, with her retirement effective Monday, city Department of Education spokesman Nathaniel Styer confirmed.
Stier did not say why Collins left his senior position, for which his salary was recently increased to $225,761, according to city data.
“Ms. Collins served public school students for more than 30 years as a teacher, principal and administrator, and we wish her all the best in her retirement,” he said.
In September, a former DOE employee filed a complaint about Collins and His alleged “no-show job” DOE Ethics Officer Samantha Biletsky, along with the Conflict of Interest Board, the Special Investigations Commissioner for the City Schools, and the City Department of Investigations.
The employee also alleged that Collins rarely showed up to the office after November 2023 and that her work calendar remained empty.
Co-workers said they had not seen Collins in person since Thanksgiving, according to the former employee at the time.
On Friday, SCI — a city agency tasked with investigating misconduct by DOE employees and vendors — confirmed to The Post that it is investigating the allegations, but did not elaborate.
Biletsky did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Collins, a former DOE teacher, principal and administrator who was promoted after Adams took over, is also mentioned in the 57-page federal indictment. against hizzoner,
Although she has not been accused of any wrongdoing, according to prosecutors, the Fort Lee, NJ resident is believed to have accompanied Adams on trips to India, Hungary, Turkey, Jordan, Oman and Ghana in 2016, along with other luxury jaunts. Was described in. allegations against mayor Accepting travel allowances up to $123,000,
According to the former employee’s complaint, Collins is also accused of not disclosing these benefits in his annual conflict of interest disclosure.
“It is my understanding that DOE employees are only allowed to work from home two days a week,” the former employee who previously worked in the same building as Collins wrote in an email to Biletsky.
The complaint said investigators should investigate Collins for allegedly “accepting gifts of over $100K from a foreign government and not declaring said gifts upon disclosure of his conflict of interest.”
According to the complaint, Collins’ time and attendance records should also be examined to “verify that he made all illegal trips during the holidays.”
Several months after Adams took office and was named chancellor of the David Banks School, Banks promoted Collins Senior adviser to the Deputy Chancellor on school leadership, Desmond Blackburn, who subsequently stepped down.
At that time Collins received a 23% raise to $221,597 a year.
aviles-ramos Took over the post of Chancellor after Banks left the post Amid a federal investigation that has engulfed several top City Hall officials and Adams associates.
Adams has pleaded not guilty.
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