U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One Financial Center
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(Street)
Boston MA 02111
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Colonial New York Insured Municipal Fund (CNM)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
04-2271697
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
October 8, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below)
Investment Adviser to Issuer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Execution Code ------------------------------- Owned Follow- (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) ing Reported Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date any ------------ Amount or Price Transaction(s) (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) (Instr.3 and 4)(Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Shares of Bene-
ficial Interest 10/8/02 S 6,666 D 16.67 -0-
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- Execution action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Following In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Reported direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Trans- (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (mm/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. action(s) (Instr. (Instr
(Instr. 3) ity Year) dd/yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) Instr.4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/ Kevin S. Jacobs, Assistant Vice President October 9, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
4(b)(v)
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.