Exhibit 5.12
Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
2775 Sanders Road, Suite A2E, Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone 847-402-9365
Email afontana@allstate.com
Angela K. Fontana
Director, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Law & Regulation
March 30, 2021
To: Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
Hauppauge, NY 11788
From: Angela K. Fontana
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 30, 2021:
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 Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services.
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/ Angela K. Fontana________
Angela K. Fontana
Director, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary