(18 July 2004 - present)
On July 18, 2004, he married Katuria Elizabeth Smith. They have one son, Alfonso Marcello D'Amato, born in 2008, and a daughter, Luciana Cioffari D'Amato, born in 2009.
July 2004
Katuria Elizabeth Smith and former Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato are to be married today in Island Park, N.Y. The Rev. John J. Tutone will perform the ceremony at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
The bride, 38, will be known as Katuria D'Amato. She is a clerk for Judge Loretta A. Preska of the Federal District Court in Manhattan. The bride graduated cum laude from the University of Washington and received a law degree from Seattle University, also cum laude. She is a daughter of Joann J. Hicks of Marysville, Wash., and the late Warren W. Smith. Her mother worked until July 2003 at Boeing, the aircraft maker, in Everett, Wash., for which she was a training specialist in human resources. The bride's father was a tooling coordinator in aircraft manufacturing there.
The bridegroom, 66, was from 1981 to 1999 the Republican senator from New York. He is the managing director of Park Strategies in Manhattan, a political and business consulting firm. He graduated from Syracuse University, where he also received a law degree. His previous marriage ended in divorce.
He is a son of Antoinette and Armand D'Amato of Island Park. His mother is the author of ''Cooking and Canning With Mamma D'Amato'' (ReganBooks, 1997). His father retired as an independent insurance broker in Island Park.