OPPENHEIMER NEW YORK MUNICIPAL FUND
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Katherine P. Feld                  [logo] OppenheimerFunds
Vice President &
Associate Counsel                         OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
                                          Two World Trade Center
                                          New York, NY  10048-0203
                                          212 323-0200



                                          January 22, 1997
VIA EDGAR
SEC Filer Support
Mail Stop 0-7, Securities Operation Center
6432 General Green Way
Alexandria, VA  22312

Attn:  Mr. Frank Donaty, Jr.

                  Re:      Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
                           Reg. No. 2-91683, File No. 811-4054

To the Securities and Exchange Commission:

                  An electronic  filing is hereby made on behalf of  Oppenheimer
New York Municipal  Fund (the "Fund").  The filing is made pursuant to paragraph
(b) of Rule 485 under the  Securities  Act of 1933 and shall be  effective  when
filed,  as  designated  on the  facing  page of Form N-1A.  The filing  includes
Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  21 to the  registration  statement  of the  Fund
together with the representation of counsel required by that Rule.

                  The purpose of the  Amendment  is to amend the facing sheet of
the registration  statement to register an additional  980,779 Class A shares of
the Fund,  which shares were redeemed during the fiscal year ended September 30,
1996, and had not been previously used for reductions  pursuant to paragraph (a)
of Rule 24e-2 or paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2.  The offering  price of $13.10 was
the price in effect at the close of business January 9, 1997.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       /s/ Katherine P. Feld

                                       Katherine P. Feld
                                       Vice President &
                                       Associate Counsel
                                       (212) 323-0252
KPF/gl
Enclosures

cc(w/attachment):         Ronald Feiman, Esq.
                          Robert Troccoli (KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP)
                          Robert Bishop
                          Gloria LaFond
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                                                       Registration No. 2-91683
                                                              File No. 811-4054

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC. 20549
                                    FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                     /X/

         PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. __                                     / /

         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 21                                    /X/

                                     and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
  OF 1940                                                                   / /

         AMENDMENT NO.__                                                    / /

                       OPPENHEIMER NEW YORK MUNICIPAL FUND
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

              Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                                  1-212-323-0200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)

                             ANDREW J. DONOHUE, ESQ.
                             OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
              Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

   /X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

   / / on __________, pursuant to paragraph (b)

   / / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

   / / on ________, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

   / / 75 days after filing, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

   / / on _______________, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
The  Registrant  has  registered  an  indefinite  number  of  shares  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2  promulgated  under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. A Rule 24f-2 Notice for the Registrant's  fiscal year ended
September 30, 1996 was filed on November 27, 1996.


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, D.C.


For the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of Oppenheimer
New York Municipal Fund, an open-end management investment company.

A.     Title and amount of shares being registered (number of shares
       or other units):

              Additional  980,779  Class A  shares  of  beneficial  interest  of
              Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund.

B.     Proposed aggregate offering price to the public of the shares
       being registered:

              $12,848,205  based upon the  offering  price of $13.10 per Class A
              share at January 9, 1997(1).




- ---------------

(1)The  calculation of the maximum aggregate  offering price is made pursuant to
Rule 24e-2 of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940.  The total number of Class A
shares sold during the previous fiscal year of the Fund ended September 30, 1996
was 6,394,156; 2,105,244 shares were reinvested dividends and distributions.  No
redeemed  or  repurchased  shares  have been  used for  reductions  pursuant  to
paragraph (a) of Rule 24e-2 in any previous filing of Post-Effective  Amendments
during the  current  fiscal  year;  9,480,179  shares  were used for  reductions
pursuant to paragraph  (c) of Rule 24f-2.  The amount of redeemed or repurchased
shares being used for such reduction in this amendment is 980,779.



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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements
for effectiveness of this Registration  Statement  pursuant to Rule 485(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York and State of New York on the 22nd day of January, 1997.

                     OPPENHEIMER NEW YORK MUNICIPAL FUND

                     By: /s/ Bridget A. Macaskill           *
                     ---------------------------------------
                         Bridget A. Macaskill, President

Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  this  Registration
Statement  has been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities on
the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                  <C>                                  <C>
Signatures                                           Title                                Date
- ----------                                           -----                                ----
/s/ Leon Levy*                                       Chairman of the                      January 22, 1997
- --------------                                       Board of Trustees
Leon Levy

/s/ Bridget A. Macaskill*                            President (Principal                 January 22, 1997
- ------------------------                             Executive Officer)
Bridget A. Macaskill                                 and Trustee

/s/ George Bowen*                                    Treasurer and                        January 22, 1997
- -----------------                                    Principal Financial
George Bowen                                         and Accounting
                                                     Officer

/s/ Robert G. Galli*                                 Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- --------------------
Robert G. Galli

/s/ Benjamin Lipstein*                               Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- ----------------------
Benjamin Lipstein

/s/ Elizabeth B. Moynihan*                           Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- --------------------------
Elizabeth B. Moynihan

/s/ Kenneth A. Randall*                              Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- -----------------------
Kenneth A. Randall

/s/ Edward V. Regan*                                 Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- --------------------
Edward V. Regan

/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.*                        Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- -----------------------------
Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.

/s/ Donald W. Spiro*                                 Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- --------------------
Donald W. Spiro

/s/ Pauline Trigere*                                 Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- --------------------
Pauline Trigere

/s/ Clayton K. Yeutter*                              Trustee                              January 22, 1997
- -----------------------
Clayton K. Yeutter

*By: /s/ Robert G. Zack
- --------------------------------
Robert G. Zack, Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>

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Katherine P. Feld                  [logo] OppenheimerFunds
Vice President &
Associate Counsel                         OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
                                          Two World Trade Center
                                          New York, NY  10048-0203
                                          212 323-0200




                                          January 22, 1997


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

                  Re:      Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
                           Reg. No. 2-91683, File No. 811-4054
                           Written Representation of Counsel

To the Securities and Exchange Commission:

                  Pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act
of  1933,   and  in  connection   with  an  Amendment  on  Form  N-1A  which  is
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 21 to the 1933 Act  Registration  Statement of the
above Fund,  the  undersigned  counsel,  who  prepared  such  Amendment,  hereby
represents to the  Commission for filing with such Amendment that said Amendment
does not  contain  disclosures  which  would  render  it  ineligible  to  become
effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of said Rule 485.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                             /s/ Katherine P. Feld

                                             Katherine P. Feld
                                             Vice President &
                                             Associate Counsel

KPF/gl






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