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                                                                Exhibit (a)(6)

                     MUNIYIELD NEW YORK INSURED FUND, INC.

           Articles of Amendment to Articles Supplementary creating
                two series of Auction Market Preferred Stock(R)

         MUNIYIELD NEW YORK INSURED FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation having
its principal Maryland office in the City of Baltimore (the "Corporation"),
certifies to the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation that:

         FIRST: The Articles Supplementary, filed on April 7, 1992, and the
Articles Supplementary, filed on December 1, 1994, each creating 1,700 shares
of Auction Market Preferred Stock of the Corporation (collectively, the
"Articles Supplementary"), are hereby amended by these Articles of Amendment
as follows:

         In each instance in which "$.10" appears, delete "$.10" and
substitute "$.05" therefore.

         In each instance in which "$50,000" appears, delete "$50,000" and
substitute "$25,000" therefore.

         SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Articles Supplementary has
been effected in the manner and by the vote required by the Corporation's
Charter and the laws of Maryland. Pursuant to Section 2-603 of the Code, the
amendment of the Articles Supplementary as hereinabove set forth has been duly
advised, approved and adopted by a majority of the entire Board of

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(R) Registered trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

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Directors of the Corporation, there being no stock entitle to be voted on the
Charter amendment outstanding or subscribed for at the time of approval.

         THIRD: Except as amended hereby, the Charter shall remain in full
force and effect.

         FOURTH: The authorized capital stock of the Corporation has not been
increased by these Articles of Amendment.

         FIFTH: These articles of Amendment shall be effective
contemporaneously with the acceptance for recording or filing by the Maryland
State department of Assessments and Taxation of the Corporation's Articles
Supplementary dated November 30, 1994.

         The Senior Vice President acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to
be the corporate act of the Corporation and states that to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief the matters and facts set forth in these
Articles with respect to the authorization and approval of the amendment of
the Corporation's Articles Supplementary are true in all material respects,
and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MUNIYIELD NEW YORK INSURED FUND, INC. has caused
these Articles to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Senior Vice
President, a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, and attested by its
Secretary as of November 30, 1994.

                     MUNIYIELD NEW YORK INSURED FUND, INC.


                       By _____________________________
                           Name: Vincent R. Giordano
                           Title: Senior Vice President

Attest:



_________________________
Name: Mark B. Goldfus
Its: Secretary

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