FRANKLIN NEW YORK TAX FREE TRUST, 497J, 1996-09-06

FRANKLIN NEW YORK TAX FREE TRUST
497J, 1996-09-06

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Franklin Templeton Group
777 Mariners Island Boulevard
San Mateo, California 94404


September 5, 1996


Filed Via EDGAR (CIK #0000912291)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

     Re:     Franklin New York Tax-Free Trust
             FILE NOS. 33-7785 and 811-4787

Ladies/Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this is to certify
that the forms of Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) do not differ from those contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
which was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 29, 1996.

Sincerely,

FRANKLIN NEW YORK TAX-FREE TRUST


By        /S/ Larry L. Greene
           Senior Corporate Counsel