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Rule 497(e)
File No. 33-
39170
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
VARIABLE ACCOUNT A
Supplement dated January 5, 1996 to Prospectus dated May 1,
1995
This Supplement provides information regarding the Technology
Portfolio of the Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"). Sixteen Portfolios of the Fund are now
available to contract holders. Additional information
regarding the Technology Portfolio may be found in the
Prospectus of the Fund and in its Supplement dated January 2,
1996 which sets forth disclosure regarding the Technology
Portfolio. Both the Fund Prospectus and its Supplement are
enclosed with this Prospectus.
This Supplement amends the contents of the Prospectus, under
the headings indicated, as follows:
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
Total Technology Portfolio Annual Expenses after reimbursement
are 0.95% and an Example for this Fund is included under the
column headed "All Others." In the absence of this
reimbursement, it is estimated that the annual expenses would
have been 2.55% (1.00% Management Fees and 1.55% Other
Expenses).
ALLIANCE VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.
Technology Portfolio
This Portfolio seeks growth of capital through investment in
companies expected to benefit from advances in technology.
The Technology Portfolio invests principally in a diversified
portfolio of securities of companies which use technology
extensively in the development of new or improved products or
processes.
THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
PROSPECTUS FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT A, THE FUND PROSPECTUS AND ITS
SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 2, 1996
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