Team Details

Darius Shahinfar is the Treasurer and CFO of the City of Albany. He is in his third term having been first elected in 2013, earning the most votes of the City-wide candidates. He has broad experience as an attorney in both the public and private sectors and in all three branches of local, state, and federal government.

Before being elected, he served as Deputy Albany County Attorney, Regional Representative for then-Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as an Appellate Court Attorney for the NYS Appeals Court, Litigation Associate in a local law firm, and Senate Fellow on the NYS Local Government Committee.

A first-generation Iranian American, he is a graduate of Bates College and Albany Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Albany Law Review and President of the Student Bar. With over two decades of experience working in public service, Shahinfar has also worked in the private and non-profit sectors.

Beyond his commitment to public service, he is an engaged community member and volunteer.  He has served, or currently serves, on the boards of: Albany Law School, St. Anne Institute, Families Together NYS, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, National Little League, The Underground Railroad History Project, The City of Albany’s Industrial Development Agency and Capital Resource Corporations, as well as Albany’s three Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).