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May 2, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
ATTN: Document Control - EDGAR
RE: IDS Life of New York Account 8
(Variable Universal Life Policy - New York)
File No. 33-15290/811-5213
Dear Commissioners:
Registrant certifies that the form of prospectus that would have
been filed under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not have differed
from that contained in the most recent Registration Statement or
Amendment, and the text of the most recent Registration Statement
or Amendment has been filed electronically.
Sincerely,
Mary Ellyn Minenko
Counsel
