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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH
Philadelphia National Bank Building
1345 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
(215) 988-2700
December 3, 1996
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: MUNICIPAL FUND FOR NEW YORK INVESTORS, INC.
REGISTRATION NO. 2-82278
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Municipal Fund for New York Investors, Inc. (the "Fund")
and pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), I
hereby certify that (i) the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the
1933 Act would not have differed from the prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in the Funds's most recent post-effective
amendment, Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Fund's Registration Statement
on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940 ("Post-Effective Amendment No. 15"), which was filed on November 27, 1996;
and (ii) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 has been filed
electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/ Henry S. Hilles, Jr.
