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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(a)


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement No. 033-65355 of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York on Form
S-1 of our report dated February 20, 1998 relating to the financial statements
and financial statement schedules of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New
York, appearing in the Prospectus, and our report dated February 20, 1998
relating to the financial statements of Allstate Life of New York Separate
Account A contained in the Statement of Additional Information (which is
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus of Allstate Life Insurance Company
of New York) which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference
to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.



/s/  Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois
March 30, 1998