<PAGE>
Exhibit 14(c)
GE CAPITAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York Corporation (the
"Company") and its President, Cheryl M.Whaley, hereby nominates and appoints
Donita M. King,(with full power to act alone) as her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for her and in her name and place in any and all
capacities, to execute and sign all Registration Statements of the Company filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-4 under the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and on form S-6 under the
Securities Act of 1933 (including all and all pre- and post-effective amendments
and any supplements thereto), and to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission all such Registration Statements, amendments and any supplements
thereto, as well as any and all exhibits and other documents necessary or
desirable to such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, granting to
such attorneys and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act necessary and/or appropriate as fully and with all intents and
purposes as the Company itself and the undersigned officers might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GE CAPITAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK has caused
this power of attorney to be executed in its full name and by its Senior Vice
President, Controller and Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Assistant
Secretary, and the undersigned officer has executed such power of attorney, as
of September 1, 2000.
GE CAPITAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
BY
---------------------------------------------
Robert M. Damante
Senior Vice President, Controller and Assistant Treasurer
ATTEST:
-------------------------------------
Margarita Echevarria, Assistant Secretary
BY
---------------------------------------------
Cheryl C. Whaley
President, CEO and Managing Officer
ATTEST:
------------------------------
Margarita Echevarria, Assistant Secretary
