Report of Independent Auditors
To the Shareholders and
Board of Directors of
General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of General
New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. for the year ended October 31, 2000, we
considered its internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on
internal control.
The management of General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. is responsible
for establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of control. Generally, internal
controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those internal controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, misstatements due to
errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk
that internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the specific internal control components does
not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being
audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in
the normal course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted
no matters involving internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, and its operation that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above at October 31, 2000.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of
Directors and management of General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
December 7, 2000
