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ITEM 77M: Mergers

Van  Kampen  Trust  for  Investment  Grade  New  York  Municipals
("Acquiring Fund")

            On  October  21,  2005,  at  a  Special  Meeting   of
Shareholders of Van Kampen New York Quality Municipal  Trust  and
Van  Kampen  New York Value Municipal Income Trust  (the  "Target
Fund"),  shareholders of each Target Fund approved  an  Agreement
and  Plan  of  Reorganization  (the  "Reorganization  Agreement")
between  the  Acquiring Fund and each Target  Fund,  pursuant  to
which  substantially all of the assets of each Target Fund  would
be  combined with those of the Acquiring Fund and shareholders of
each  Target Fund would receive shares of the Acquiring Fund with
a  value equal to the value of their holdings in the Target  Fund
(the   "Reorganization").   The  Reorganization   Agreement   was
unanimously  approved  by the Board of Trustees  on  February  3,
2005.

           On  October  28, 2005, the Reorganization between  the
Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund was completed according to the
terms set forth in each Reorganization Agreement.

VTN
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