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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001057861-25-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17F2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250116
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250116
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250116

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057861
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				134001109
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17F2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08703
		FILM NUMBER:		25534896

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129226400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980316

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057861
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				134001109
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17F2

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129226400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980316
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KPMG LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154-0102





Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees of
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund:

We have examined management of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies
Funds assertion, included in the accompanying Management
Statement Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, that BNY Mellon High Yield
Strategies Fund (the Fund), the sole series of BNY Mellon High Yield
Strategies Fund, complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and
(c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act)
(the specified requirements) as of March 31, 2024. BNY High Yield
Strategies Funds management is responsible for its assertion. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on managements assertion about
the Funds compliance with the specified requirements based on our
examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation
standards established by the AICPA. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether managements assertion about compliance with the specified
requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination
involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether
managements assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. The
nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our
judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement
of managements assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We believe
that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

We are required to be independent and to meet our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with relevant ethical requirements relating
to the engagement.

Included among our procedures were the following tests performed
as of March 31, 2024, and with respect to agreement of security
purchases and sales or maturities, for the period from July 31, 2023
(the date of the Funds last examination), through March 31, 2024:

1.	Count and inspection of all securities (if any) located in the vault of The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in 570 Washington Blvd, Jersey
City, NJ 07310;

2.	Confirmation with the Custodian of all securities held, hypothecated,
pledged or placed in escrow or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees,
or transfer agents, if any;

3.	Obtained the Custodian reconciliation of security positions held by
institutions in book entry form (e.g., the Federal Reserve Bank, The
Depository Trust Company and various sub-custodians) to Custodian
records and verified that reconciling items were cleared in a timely
manner;

4.	Reconciliation of the Funds securities per the books and records of the
Fund to those of the Custodian;

5.	Agreement of pending purchase and sale activity for the
Fund as of March 31, 2024, if any, to documentation of
corresponding subsequent bank statements;

6.	Agreement of five security purchases and five security sales or
maturities, since the date of the last examination, from the
books and records of the Fund to corresponding bank
statements;


KPMG LLP,  a Delaware limited liability partnership and a
member firm of    the KPMG global organization of
independent member firms affiliated with
KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.




7.	Confirmation of all repurchase agreements with broker(s)/bank(s)
and/or agreement of corresponding subsequent cash receipts to
bank statements and agreement of underlying collateral with the
Custodian records, if any;

8.	Review of the BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Custody and Securities
Lending Services Service Organization Control Report (SOC 1
Report) for the period April 1, 2023  March 31, 2024 and noted no
relevant findings were reported in the areas of Asset Custody and
Trade Settlement.
Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds
compliance with specified requirements. In our opinion, management's
assertion that the Fund complied with the requirements of subsections
(b) and
(c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of March 31,
2024, with respect to securities
reflected in the investment account of the Fund is fairly stated, in all
material respects.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of BNY High Yield Strategies
Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended
to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.


New York, New York
January 16,2025


January 16, 2025
Management Statement Regarding
Compliance With Certain Provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940

We, as members of management of BNY Mellon High Yield
Strategies Fund (the Fund), the sole series of BNY Mellon High
Yield Strategies Fund, are responsible for complying with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of
Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies of the
Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for
establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance
with  those  requirements.  We  have  performed  an  evaluation   of
the Funds compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
of Rule 17f-2 as of March 31, 2024, and from July 31, 2023 (the date of
the  Funds  last  examination)  through March 31, 2024.

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Fund was in compliance
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as of March 31, 2024, and from July
31, 2023 (the date of the Funds last examination) through March 31,
2024, with respect to securities reflected in the investment account of
the Fund.


BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund

Jim Windels
Treasurer

































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