SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ (Last) (First) (Middle) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER 100 N TRYON STREET (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28255 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/30/2009	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW YORK MUNICIPALS [ VTN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Auction Rate Preferred	1,060(1)	I	By Subsidiary

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ (Last) (First) (Middle) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER 100 N TRYON STREET (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28255 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. (Last) (First) (Middle) 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NORTH TOWER (Street) NEW YORK NY 10080 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Auction Rate Preferred Shares ("Shares") reported in Table 1 represent 1,060 Shares beneficially owned by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("MLPFS"). MLPFS is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation ("Bank of America").

Remarks:

The Shares reported herein represent Bank of America's combined holdings in multiple series of auction rate preferred securities of the issuer, which are treated herein as one class of securities in accordance with the Auction Rate Securities-Global Exemptive Relief no-action letter issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 22, 2008. Bank of America undertakes to provide upon request by the SEC, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, complete information regarding the number of equity securities of the issuer purchased or sold at each different price and date of all transactions in such securities that occurred after Bank of America became a 10% owner but prior to the date of this filing.

	/s/ Debra I. Cho, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Corporation	02/10/2009
	/s/ Pia Thompson, Assistant Secretary, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.	02/10/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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