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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020516

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUVEEN INSURED NEW YORK SELECT TAX FREE INCOME PORTFOLIO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885731
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0330

	FILING VALUES:
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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06624
		FILM NUMBER:		02654524

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 W WACKER DR
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3129178200
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SIGNATURE   STEPHEN D. FOY
TITLE       VP & CONTROLLER


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Form N-SAR,
Sub-Item 77Q1(a)
Copies of any material amendments
to the registrant's charter

NUVEEN INSURED NEW YORK SELECT TAX-FREE INCOME
PORTFOLIO
811-6624, 33-46943

In compliance with the above-referenced Sub-
Item,
attached is a copy of the the fund's
Declaration
of Trust dated August 2, 2001 as filed with the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 22,
2002.

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

to

DECLARATION OF TRUST



The Trustees of Nuveen Insured New York Select Tax-
Free Income
Portfolio (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust,
hereby certify
that, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 4 of the
Declaration of
Trust of the Trust, the Trustees of the Trust, by
unanimous vote and
with the consent of the Shareholders of the Trust, duly
adopted a
resolution amending the Declaration of the Trust of the
Trust
effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2001 as follows:

Article I, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust is
hereby amended to read in its entirety:

"Section 1.  Name.  This Trust shall be known as the
"Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio",
and the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust
under that name or any other name as they may from time
to time determine."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being
all of the Trustees of the Trust, have executed
this instrument as of August 2, 2001.

/s/ James E. Bacon

James E. Bacon, Trustee
89 Cross Highway
Redding, Connecticut  06896


/s/ William E. Bennett ____
William E. Bennett
2218 North Dayton
Chicago, Illinois  60614


 /s/ Jack B. Evans ______
Jack B. Evans, Trustee
2336 Linden Drive, SE
Cedar Rapids,  Iowa  52403


/s/ William L. Kissick ___
William L. Kissick, Trustee
50 Johnson's Point Road
Branford Connecticut  06405


_ /s/ Thomas E. Leafstrand ______
Thomas E. Leafstrand, Trustee
412 West Franklin
Wheaton, Illinois 60187


/s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
Timothy R. Schwertfeger, Trustee
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois   60606

 /s/ Sheila W. Wellington ________
Sheila W. Wellington, Trustee
249 East 48th Street
New York, New York  10017

STATE OF ILLINOIS		)
					)  SS
COUNTY OF COOK		)

Then personally appeared the above named
Trustees, known to me to be the trustees of the
Trust, who each acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his free act and deed, before me
this 2nd day of August, 2001.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran
/s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois	Notary Public
My Commission Expires:  10/27/01


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REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS


The Board of Trustees
Nuveen Exchange-Traded Funds

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of each of the Nuveen Exchange-Traded
Funds listed in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Funds")
for the year ended March 31, 2002, we considered its
internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide
assurance on internal control.

The management of the Funds is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control.  In
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits
and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets
against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.


Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error
or fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also,
projection of any evaluation of internal control to future
periods is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in internal control that
might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in
which the design or operation of one or more of the
internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused
by error or fraud in amounts that would be material in
relation to the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters
involving internal control, and its operation, including
controls for safeguarding securities, and that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as
of March 31, 2002.

This report is intended solely for the information and
use of the Board of Trustees and management of the
Nuveen Exchange-Traded Funds and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
May 8, 2002

Exhibit A


Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income
Portfolio
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income
Portfolio





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