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<TYPE>EX-99.(S)
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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                                                                      Exhibit s.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned Trustees and officers of PIMCO New York Municipal
Income Fund II (the "Trust"), hereby severally constitute and appoint each of
Stephen J. Treadway, Newton B. Schott, Jr., Brian S. Shlissel, Joseph B.
Kittredge, Jr. and David C. Sullivan, and each of them singly, with full powers
of substitution and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorney, with full
power to him to sign for us, and in our name and in the capacities indicated
below, any Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-2, all Pre-Effective
Amendments to any such Registration Statement of the Trust, any and all
subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement, any and all
supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and any subsequent
Registration Statements for the same offering which may be filed under Rule
462(b), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
securities regulators of the appropriate states and territories, and generally
to do all such things in our name and on our behalf in connection therewith as
said attorney deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, all related requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and of the appropriate state and territorial
regulators, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney lawfully
could do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Name                               Capacity                        Date
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<S>                            <C>                             <C>
/s/ Stephen J. Treadway        President, Trustee              June 18, 2002
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Stephen J. Treadway

/s/ Paul Belica                Trustee                         June 18, 2002
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Paul Belica

/s/ Robert E. Connor           Trustee                         June 18, 2002
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Robert E. Connor

/s/ John J. Dalessandro II     Trustee                         June 18, 2002
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John J. Dalessandro II

/s/ Hans Kertess               Trustee                         June 18, 2002
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Hans Kertess

/s/ R. Peter Sullivan, III     Trustee                         June 18, 2002
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R. Peter Sullivan, III

/s/ Newton B. Schott, Jr.      Vice President and              June 18, 2002
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Newton B. Schott, Jr.          Secretary

/s/ Brian S. Shlissel          Treasurer and                   June 18, 2002
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Brian S. Shlissel              Principal Financial and
                               Accounting Officer
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