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[Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York Letterhead]
September 11, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Separate Account VA-2LNY
File No. 811-07368, CIK 0000894418
Rule 30b2-1 Filing
Commissioners:
As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Act"), Separate Account VA-2LNY, a unit investment trust registered under
the Act, recently mailed to its contract owners the semi-annual report for the
following underlying management investment companies: Dreyfus Variable
Investment Fund, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible
Growth Fund, Inc., Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, and Transmerica Variable
Insurance Fund, Inc. This filing constitutes the filing of those reports as
required by Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, on August 18, 2000, Dreyfus Variable
Investment Fund filed its semi-annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK:
0000813383); on August 24, 2000, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund filed its semi-annual
report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 0000846800); on August 23, 2000, The
Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. filed its semi-annual report with
the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 0000890064); on August 25, 2000, Dreyfus
Investment Portfolios filed its semi-annual report with the Commission via EDGAR
(CIK: 0001056707); and
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on September 7, 2000, Transamerica Variable Insurance Fund, Inc. filed its semi-
annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 0001002786). To the extent
necessary, these filings are incorporated herein by reference.
Very truly yours,
Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York
/s/ Ronald L. Ziegler
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vice President
