Comptroller Stringer Appoints Neysa Alsina as General Counsel and Deputy Comptroller for Legal Affairs
Alsina will serve as advisor to the Comptroller on all legal issues, including those related to the NYC pension funds, direct the Office of the General Counsel, and oversee the Bureau of Law and Adjustment and the Bureau of Labor Law
Stringer: Ms. Alsina's extensive and diverse background in financial services, legal services, and government affairs will be a tremendous asset and build on the important work the General Counsel's Office has produced over the last six years
(New York, NY) – Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer announced that Neysa Alsina will join the Comptroller’s office as General Counsel and Deputy Comptroller for Legal Affairs. In her new role, Ms. Alsina will directly advise the Comptroller on all legal issues that come before the office, including those related to the Comptroller’s role as trustee of four of the five City pension funds. She will also direct the Office of the General Counsel and oversee the Bureau of Law and Adjustment and the Bureau of Labor Law.
“Ms. Alsina’s extensive and diverse background in financial services, legal services, and government affairs will be a tremendous asset and build on the important work the General Counsel’s Office has produced over the last six years,” said Comptroller Stringer. “I’m proud to welcome Ms. Alsina to our team and look forward to what she will go on to achieve in her new role.”
“I’m proud to join the hardworking team at the New York City Comptroller’s Office,” said Neysa Alsina, General Counsel and Deputy Comptroller for Legal Affairs. “From labor law to pension funds to claims, the work led by this office touches the lives of all New Yorkers and I look forward to serving our city in this new role.”
Ms. Alsina previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez in Washington, D.C. Prior to that role, she was the Counsel to the New York City Bar Association where she provided legal advice on contract review and negotiation, labor and employment, intellectual property, corporate governance, not-for-profit corporation law, and privacy, among other practice areas. Ms. Alsina also spent eight years in insurance and financial services companies. She advised management on regulatory compliance at MetLife, served as an ethics liaison for the Latin American region of Citigroup, and counseled on a variety of legal matters at Municipal Credit Union. She began her legal career as a labor and employment associate at Nixon Peabody, LLP.
In 2018, Ms. Alsina received the City & State Above and Beyond Award, and was named one of Crain’s New York Leading Women Lawyers. She also received the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Regional President of the Year Award and was a 2015 Council of Urban Professionals Fellow. Ms. Alsina is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law and Rutgers University at New Brunswick.
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