Charte Revision Commission Staff

New York City Charter Revision Commission


Charter Revision Commission Staff

Charter Revision Commission Members
Charter Revision Commission Staff

Charter Revision Commission Members

Charter Revision Commission Staff


Alec Schierenbeck, Executive Director

Alec Schierenbeck, general counsel to First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, is detailed full time to the Commission to serve as its Executive Director. Previously, Schierenbeck served as general counsel and senior advisor for planning to the deputy mayor for housing, economic development, & workforce. At City Hall, 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.