SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS
OF
ALLSTATE LIFE OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT II
Dated May 1, 1998
On June 22, 1998, Dean Witter Variable Investment Series was renamed Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Variable Investment Series. All references in the current
Prospectus to "Dean Witter Variable Investment Series" apply to Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Variable Investment Series.
On June 22, 1998, Dean Witter InterCapital Inc., the Investment Manager for the
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Variable Investment Series, was renamed Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. All references in the current Prospectus to
"Dean Witter InterCapital Inc." or "InterCapital" apply to Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Advisors Inc.
June 22, 1998
