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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-10-018638
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100727
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100805

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUVEEN NEW YORK SELECT TAX -FREE INCOME PORTFOLIO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885731
		IRS NUMBER:				363828115
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 W WACKER DR
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3129178200

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NUVEEN INSURED NEW YORK SELECT TAX FREE INCOME PORTFOLIO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McCarthy Michelle Ann
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001497560

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06624
		FILM NUMBER:		10995352

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS
		STREET 2:		333 W. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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        <issuerName>NUVEEN NEW YORK SELECT TAX -FREE INCOME PORTFOLIO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NXN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>McCarthy Michelle Ann</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
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        <signatureName>Mark L. Winget/ Signed Under POA</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-08-02</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each Gifford R. Zimmerman, Larry W. Martin,
Kevin J. McCarthy, Mary E. Keefe, Christopher M. Rohrbacher
and Mark L. Winget, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in connection
with the Nuveen Investments Closed-End Exchange Traded Funds
and in accordance with the requirements of Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder;

(2)		do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
in connection with the execution and timely filing of any such
Form 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendment thereto) with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange
and any other authority; and

(3)		take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present,
with the full power of substitute, by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this _26th_ day
of _July        2010_.

/s/ Michelle A. Mccarthy
Signature

Michelle A. McCarthy
Print Name

STATE OF Illinois	)
			)
COUNTY OF Cook		)


On this 26th_ day of _ July 2010_, personally appeared
before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State,
the person named above who is known to me to be the person
whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing
Power of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his
voluntary act and deed for the intent and purposes
therein set forth.


_/s/ Mary Catherine Finneran
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:  March 30, 2014



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