Brittany Commisso biography: 13 things about University at Albany, SUNY alum

Brittany C. Damino Commisso is an American woman from New York, United States. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany in Albany, Albany County, New York with a bachelor’s degree in political science and government.

Commisso is 4 years younger than former Albany Common Council member Frank Commisso Jr. They have one daughter together.

In 1983, Frank’s father Frank Commisso Sr. became a member of the Albany County Legislature. Brittany is 30 years younger than Frank Sr.’s political associate Andrew Cuomo, who served as the 56th New York governor from January 1, 2011 to August 23, 2021.

Brittany has lived in different parts of New York including Albany, Cohoes, Delmar and Guilderland. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From November 2013 to May 2017, she was a confidential secretary at the Albany County Attorney’s Office.
2. In 2016, she and Frank Jr. got married. In 2017, he ran unsuccessfully for Albany mayor as a Democrat.
3. From May 2017 to November 2017, she was a confidential secretary at the Albany County Conflict Defender’s Office.
4. From December 2017 to January 2022, she was an executive assistant at the New York State Executive Chamber in Albany.
5. From December 2019 to August 2021, she suffered abuse at the hands of Cuomo, according to her.
6. In January 2021, Frank Jr. filed for divorce from her.
7. On December 7, 2020, she rejected Cuomo’s attempt to engage in sexual acts so he started a campaign of retaliation against her, according to her.
8. In April 2021, she told the Albany Times-Union that Cuomo had groped her in the New York State Executive Mansion, the official residence of the governor of New York.
9. On May 17, 2021, she made the comments in a deposition, telling outside lawyers probing the allegations against Cuomo that one of his aides was trying to get Frank Jr. to do Cuomo’s dirty work and claim adultery in their divorce.
10. On March 8, 2021, she filed a report, accusing Cuomo of subjecting her to humiliating and demeaning tasks, hugs, kisses, sexual touching of the buttocks and forcible touching of the breast. Afterwards, then New York lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul demoted her, according to her.
11. On August 8, 2021, CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan interviewed her on “CBS This Morning“.
12. In January 2022, she joined the New York State Center for Recruitment and Public Service as a fellowship program manager.
13. She was 35 years old when she sued Cuomo on November 22, 2023 for sexual assault.