Charter Revision Commission Staff

Alec Schierenbeck, Proposed Executive Director

Alec Schierenbeck currently serves as general counsel to First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer. He previously served as general counsel and senior advisor for planning to the deputy mayor for housing, economic development, & workforce. In these roles, Schierenbeck helped guide the administration’s “City of Yes” initiatives to promote housing opportunity, carbon neutrality, and economic growth, as well as the city’s successful advocacy in Albany to secure affordable housing tax incentives and new power to increase residential density. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Schierenbeck worked as a litigator in government and private practice, including advocacy on behalf of tenants and consumers in state and federal court. He also served as a law clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court to Justice Stephen Breyer, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Schierenbeck is a graduate of Grinnell College, where he was named a Truman Scholar and a Mitchell Scholar, and Stanford Law School.