Exhibit 23(a) Independent Auditors' Consent
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-95703 of Allstate Life Insurance Company
of New York on Form S-3 of our report dated February 25, 2000, appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York for
the year ended December 31, 1999 and of our reports dated February 25, 2000 and
March 27, 2000, appearing in the Statement of Additional Information in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement No. 333-94785
(which is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) of Allstate Life
Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A,
respectively. We also consent to the references to us under the heading
"Experts" in the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information, which
are parts of such Registration Statement.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
August 17, 2000
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Exhibit 23(b) Consent of Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds
FREEDMAN, LEVY, KROLL & SIMONDS
CONSENT OF
FREEDMAN, LEVY, KROLL & SIMONDS
We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters"
in the prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-3
Registration Statement of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (File No.
333-95703).
/s/ Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds
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FREEDMAN, LEVY, KROLL & SIMONDS
Washington, D.C.
August 21, 2000
