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



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