Allstate Life Insurance Co of New York – ‘S-1’ on 3/27/12 – ‘EX-5.(I)’

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Registration Statement (General Form)   —   Form S-1
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-1         Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York         HTML   3.20M 
40: CORRESP   ¶ Comment-Response or Other Letter to the SEC            1     14K 
41: COVER     ¶ Comment-Response or Cover Letter to the SEC            1     14K 
 2: EX-5.(I)    Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality                2±    15K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Independent Registered Public               1     12K 
                Accounting Firm                                                  
 4: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                     12     38K 
 5: EX-99       Experts                                                1     11K 
24: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     25K 
17: R2          Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income   HTML    105K 
22: R3          Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income   HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
26: R4          Statements of Financial Position                    HTML    165K 
36: R5          Statements of Financial Position (Parenthetical)    HTML     33K 
18: R6          Statements of Shareholder's Equity                  HTML     46K 
21: R7          Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML    124K 
16: R8          General                                             HTML     44K 
14: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
37: R10         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     32K 
28: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     38K 
27: R12         Investments                                         HTML    350K 
32: R13         Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities                HTML    336K 
33: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments and                HTML    142K 
                Off-balance-sheet Financial Instruments                          
31: R15         Reserve for Life-Contingent Contract Benefits and   HTML    114K 
                Contractholder Funds                                             
34: R16         Reinsurance                                         HTML     52K 
23: R17         Deferred Policy Acquisition and Sales Inducement    HTML     44K 
                Costs                                                            
25: R18         Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities               HTML     27K 
30: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     53K 
39: R20         Statutory Financial Information                     HTML     19K 
35: R21         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     26K 
19: R22         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     47K 
29: R23         Summary of Investments Other Than Investments in    HTML     46K 
                Related Parties                                                  
20: R24         Reinsurances                                        HTML     56K 
13: R25         Valuation Allowances and Qualifying Accounts        HTML     29K 
38: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     52K 
15: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.40M 
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‘EX-5.(I)’   —   Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality

EX-5.(I)
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                                                                    Exhibit 5(i)

 Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
 3100 Sanders Road, Suite J5B Northbrook, IL 60062
 Phone 847.402.2271 Fax 847.402.3781
Email SLees@allstate.com

                                                                   Susan L. Lees
                                                Director, Senior Vice President,
                                                   General Counsel and Secretary

                                                                Law & Regulation

March 27, 2012                                                                  

To:      Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York                            
Northbrook, IL  60062                                         

From:    Susan L. Lees                                                          
Director, Senior Vice President, General                      
Counsel and Secretary                                         

Re:      Form  S-1 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933      
File No. 333-                                                 
AIM Lifetime Plus Variable Annuity                            
AIM Lifetime Plus II Variable Annuity                         
Allstate Provider Variable Annuity                            
Custom Portfolio Variable Annuity                             
SelectDirections Variable Annuity (together the "Contracts")  

With reference to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by Allstate Life    
Insurance Company of New York (the "Company"), as Registrant, with the          
Securities and Exchange Commission covering the Contracts described therein, I  
have examined such documents and such law as I have considered necessary and    
appropriate, and on the basis of such examination, it is my opinion that as of  
March 27, 2012:                                                                 

1) The Company is duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York and has been duly authorized to do business and to issue the Certificates  
by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of New York.                      

2) The securities registered by the above Registration Statement when issued    
will be valid, legal and binding obligations of the Company.                    

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above       
referenced Registration Statement and to the use of my name under the caption   
"Legal Matters" in the prospectuses constituting part of the Registration       
Statement.                                                                      

Sincerely,                                                                      

/s/ Susan L. Lees                                                               
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Susan L. Lees                                                                   
Director, Senior Vice President,                                                
General Counsel and Secretary                                                   

Dates Referenced Herein

This ‘S-1’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
Filed on:		3/27/12		None on these Dates
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5 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/27/21  Allstate Life Ins Co. of New York S-1/A       4/26/21  110:22M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
 4/21/21  Allstate Life Ins Co. of New York CORRESP¶    4/01/24    1:2.7M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
 3/30/21  Allstate Life Ins Co. of New York S-1                  112:22M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
 4/24/12  SEC                               UPLOAD¶    10/05/17    1:138K Allstate Life Ins Co. of New York
 4/24/12  SEC                               UPLOAD¶    10/05/17    1:68K  Allstate Life Ins Co. of New York