July 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attn: Document Control -EDGAR
Attn: Zandra Bailes
RE: IDS Life of New York Variable Annuity Account
File No. 333-41002
N-4 filed and accepted on 7/7/00, Accession Number 0000820027-00-000603
Dear Ms. Bailes,
We inadvertently filed the above document under the wrong form type N-4. It
should have been filed under form type N-4/A. Please withdraw the filing and
delete the new file number 333-41002 that was assigned.
We appreciate your help and please accept our apologies for any inconvenience
that this may have caused.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mary Ellyn Minenko
Mary Ellyn Minenko
Vice President and Group Consel
