Mayor Adams’ longtime girlfriend Tracey Collins, a highly paid “senior advisor” in the city Department of Education, joined Hizzoner on $45,000 worth of ritzy trips — and allegedly hasn’t shown up for work in nearly a year, according to complaints filed this week. A former DOE teacher, principal and assistant superintendent, Collins, 61, is referred to as “Adams’ domestic partner” in the 57-page federal indictment unsealed against the mayor this week. The Fort Lee, NJ, resident went on Adams’ trips to India, Hungary, Turkey, Jordan, Oman and Ghana starting in 2016, among other luxury jaunts, according to prosecutors who accuse the mayor of accepting travel perks worth up to $123,000.
On Friday, a former DOE employee filed complaints about Collins and her “no-show job” with DOE ethics officer Samantha Biletsky, the Conflicts of Interest Board, the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools, and the city Department of Investigation, all questioning if she reported the luxury perks as required. The employee also alleged Collins has rarely appeared in the office since November 2023, and her work calendar has remained empty. Co-workers haven’t seen Collins, who makes $221,597 a year, in person since Thanksgiving, the ex-employee reported.
“It is my understanding that DOE employees are only permitted to work from home two days a week,” the ex-employee, who previously worked in the same building as Collins, wrote in an email to Biletsky. Inves.