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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950131-98-006379.txt : 19981208
<SEC-HEADER>0000950131-98-006379.hdr.sgml : 19981208
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950131-98-006379
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-8A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19981207

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUVEEN NEW YORK MUNICIPAL ADVANTAGE FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001074769
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-8A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-09135
		FILM NUMBER:		98765000

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN NUVEEN & CO INC
		STREET 2:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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<PAGE>
 
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM N-8A

          NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a)
                     OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

     The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such
notification of registration submits the following information:

Name:    Nuveen New York Municipal Advantage Fund

Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
         333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

Telephone Number (including area code):  (800) 257-8787

Name and address of agent for service of process: Gifford R. Zimmerman, Esq.,
Vice President and Secretary, Nuveen New York Municipal Advantage Fund, 333 West
Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606 with copies to Janet D. Olsen, Bell, Boyd
& Lloyd, Three First National Plaza, Suite 3300, Chicago, Illinois 60602 and
Thomas S. Harman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1800 M. Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20036

Check Appropriate Box:

Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A:
Yes [X]   [_] No
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on its
behalf in Chicago, Illinois on December 7, 1998.

                              Nuveen New York Municipal Advantage Fund
 


                                  /s/ Alan G. Berkshire
                              ------------------------------------------------
                              Alan G. Berkshire, Vice President and Assistant
                              Secretary

 
                                  /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
                              ------------------------------------------------
                              Gifford R. Zimmerman, Vice President
                              and Secretary



Attest: /s/ Karen L. Healy
        -------------------------
        Karen L. Healy

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