An executive assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — in her first public comments since accusing Cuomo of sexual harassment — told "CBS This Morning" and the Times Union that "the governor needs to be held accountable."

Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso breaks her silence to detail groping allegations and says the governor is lying

Brittany Commisso is one of 11 women referenced in a scathing report from New York State Attorney General Letitia James that alleged Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and violated state and federal law. Cuomo has denied any wrongdoing. Until now, Commisso had remained anonymous, referred to only as "Executive Assistant #1" in the report.

Her full interview will air on "CBS This Morning" on Monday. 

According to the attorney general's report, Commisso claimed that in 2019 and 2020 the governor "engaged in close and intimate hugs" on multiple occasions, including one incident when he "reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast." During another incident, while the executive assistant snapped a selfie, she said Cuomo "put his hand on and then rubbed and grabbed her butt."

"What he did to me was a crime," Commisso told "CBS This Morning" and the Times Union. "He broke the law."

Commisso said she believed her story was the first account described in the attorney general's report because of the nature of Cuomo's alleged actions against her.

"I believe that my story appears first due to the nature of the inappropriate conduct that the governor did to me. I believe that he groped me, he touched me, not only once, but twice. And I don't think that that had happened to any of the other women," she said. "The touching, and I believe that because of what had happened to me, that that was the most inappropriate of the actions that he had done."

New York Governor Cuomo's top aide resigns amid sexual harassment scandal

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s longtime secretary and confidante Melissa DeRosa - depicted as the governor’s enabler and enforcer in covering up his sexual abuses in the state Attorney General’s probe - resigned from her post on Sunday evening.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve the people of New York for the past 10 years,” she said in a statement. “New Yorkers’ resilience, strength, and optimism through the most difficult times has inspired me everyday. Personally, the past 2 years have been emotionally and mentally trying. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state. "

DeRosa was mentioned 187 times in the 168-page investigative report by Attorney General Letitia James into 11 sexual assault accusations against the three-term governor, which confirmed Cuomo has engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and making inappropriate comments,”