Mayor Adams’s Longtime Girlfriend Retires From Highly Paid Schools Job NYT | Top Stories By: Claire Fahy 9 November 2024 at 04:21 Tracey Collins, a high-ranking Department of Education adviser, stepped down amid allegations that her position was a “no-show” job. © Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York TimesTracey Collins, Mayor Eric Adams’s longtime girlfriend, retired from the New York City Department of Education on Monday.