FIRST INVESTORS NEW YORK INSURED TAX FREE FUND INC, 497J, 1997-05-02

FIRST INVESTORS NEW YORK INSURED TAX FREE FUND INC
497J, 1997-05-02

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FIRST INVESTORS NEW YORK INSURED TAX FREE FUND, INC.
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8126


                                   May 2, 1997


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

                  Re:  First Investors New York Insured
                           Tax Free Fund, Inc.
                           File Nos.  2-86489 and 811-3843

Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), First Investors New York Insured Tax Free Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies:

         (1) The form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have  differed from
that  contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 17 to the Fund's  Registration
Statement,  the most recent Post-Effective  Amendment filed with the Commission;
and

         (2)  The  text  of   Post-Effective   Amendment   No.   17  was   filed
electronically with the Commission.

                                                Very truly yours,

                                                FIRST INVESTORS NEW YORK 
                                                INSURED TAX FREE FUND, INC.


                                                By: /s/ C. Durso
                                                    C. Durso, Vice President