UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-Q QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act file number 811-6537 Van Kampen Trust For Investment Grade New York Municipals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Ronald Robison 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000 Date of fiscal year end: 10/31 Date of reporting period: 7/31/05 Item 1. Schedule of Investments. The Trust's schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows: VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW YORK MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2005 (UNAUDITED) PAR AMOUNT (000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE MUNICIPAL BONDS 156.4% NEW YORK 147.5% $ 1,000 Amherst, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev UBF Fac Student Hsg Ser B (AMBAC Insd) 5.750% 08/01/30 $ 1,121,760 1,250 Erie Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Sch Fac Rev City of Buffalo Proj (FSA Insd) 5.750 05/01/23 1,404,237 2,000 Erie Cnty, NY Pub Impt Ser A (FGIC Insd) 5.250 03/15/20 2,167,640 1,000 Erie Cnty, NY Pub Impt Ser C (AMBAC Insd) 5.500 07/01/29 1,094,310 1,610 Grand Central NY Dist Mgt Assn Cap Impt Business Impt & Rfdg (a) 5.000 01/01/16 1,724,712 1,110 Islip NY Res Recovery 1985 Fac Ser E (a) 5.750 07/01/18 1,241,468 1,500 Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev Gen Ser C 5.500 09/01/21 1,637,340 1,000 Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Rev Ser A Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) 5.500 11/15/19 1,119,180 2,000 Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Rev Ser A Rfdg (FSA Insd) 5.000 11/15/30 2,092,480 1,500 Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Svc Contract Ser A Rfdg 5.125 01/01/29 1,589,565 1,000 Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Svc Contract Ser B (MBIA Insd) 5.500 07/01/14 1,135,290 1,500 Montgomery Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Lease Rev HFM Boces Ser A (XLCA Insd) 5.000 07/01/24 1,584,480 1,500 Montgomery Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Lease Rev HFM Boces Ser A (XLCA Insd) 5.000 07/01/34 1,569,720 2,000 Nassau Cnty, NY Interim Fin Auth Sales Tax Secd Ser A (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) 5.750 11/15/15 2,240,260 730 Nassau Cnty, NY Interim Fin Auth Sales Tax Secd Ser A1 (AMBAC Insd) 5.375 11/15/15 804,299 920 New York City Hsg Dev Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev Ser A (AMT) 5.850 11/01/20 970,425 2,000 New York City Hsg Dev Corp Rev Cap Fd Pgm NYC Hsg Auth Pgm Ser A (FGIC Insd) 5.000 07/01/25 2,129,520 1,000 New York City Indl Dev Agy Pkg Royal Charter-NY Presbyterian (FSA Insd) 5.250 12/15/11 1,100,300 2,000 New York City Indl Dev Agy Spl Fac Rev Terminal One Group Assn Proj (AMT) 6.000 01/01/15 2,028,840 1,000 New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev 5.500 06/15/33 1,090,790 3,900 New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev Ser B (FSA Insd) 5.250 06/15/29 4,078,542 2,000 New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev Ser D 5.000 06/15/39 2,098,640 1,325 New York City Muni Wtr Fin Ser B 6.000 06/15/33 1,500,629 2,000 New York City Ser E (FSA Insd) 5.000 11/01/20 2,142,920 3,000 New York City Ser G 5.000 12/01/24 3,149,340 1,250 New York City Ser K 5.625 08/01/13 1,356,512 1,000 New York City Ser K 5.000 08/01/24 1,052,690 1,500 New York City Ser O 5.000 06/01/30 1,569,330 5,000 New York City Transitional Cultural Res Rev Amern Museum Nat History Ser A Rfdg (MBIA Insd) 5.000 07/01/44 5,225,600 1,500 New York City Transitional Fin Auth Rev Future Tax Secd Ser C (AMBAC Insd) 5.250 08/01/21 1,635,570 3,500 New York City Transitional Fin Auth Rev Future Tax Secd Ser D (MBIA Insd) 5.250 02/01/19 3,833,480 2,330 New York City Hsg Dev Corp. Multi-Family Hsg Rev Ser C (AMT) (a) 4.800 05/01/37 2,332,540 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Lease Rev Master Boces Pgm Ser A (FSA Insd) 5.250 08/15/17 1,090,310 2,200 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Catholic Hlth L.I. Oblig Grp 5.000 07/01/27 2,246,772 6,500 New York St Dorm Auth Rev FHA Insd Mtg Montefiore Hosp (FGIC Insd) 5.000 08/01/33 6,818,305 2,500 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Grace Manor Hlthcare Fac 6.150 07/01/18 2,621,450 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Hosp (MBIA Insd) 5.000 08/01/33 1,052,950 1,340 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Insd Brooklyn Law Sch Ser B (XLCA Insd) 5.375 07/01/23 1,480,271 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mem Sloan-Kettering Ctr Ser 1 (MBIA Insd) 5.000 07/01/20 1,059,770 100 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mental Hlth Ser D (FSA Insd) (a) 5.750 08/15/12 110,378 2,250 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mental Hlth Svc Fac Impt Ser B (AMBAC Insd) 5.000 02/15/30 2,376,698 1,250 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mental Hlth Svc Fac Impt Ser B (AMBAC Insd) 5.000 02/15/35 1,317,388 830 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mental Hlth Svc Ser B (MBIA Insd) 5.250 08/15/31 875,858 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Sch Dist Fin Pgm Ser I (MBIA Insd) 5.750 10/01/18 1,133,100 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Secd Hosp North Gen Hosp Rfdg 5.750 02/15/18 1,113,320 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Univ Ed Fac 1989 Res (MBIA Insd) 6.000 05/15/15 1,127,550 1,000 New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Univ Ed Fac Ser A (MBIA Insd) 5.250 05/15/15 1,115,870 5,010 New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Univ Ed Fac Ser B Rfdg 5.250 05/15/19 5,560,098 1,500 New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Sch Dist Bd Fin Ser C (MBIA Insd) 5.000 04/01/35 1,578,030 1,250 New York St Dorm Auth St Personal Income Tax Rev Ed Ser A (AMBAC Insd) 5.000 03/15/34 1,319,838 1,365 New York St Energy Resh & Dev Auth Gas Fac Rev Brooklyn Union Gas Ser B (AMT) (MBIA Insd) 6.750 02/01/24 1,401,637 4,000 New York St Energy Resh & Dev Auth Gas Fac Rev Brooklyn Union Gas Ser C (AMT) (MBIA Insd) 5.600 06/01/25 4,048,280 1,640 New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking Revolving Fd Pooled Fin Pgm I 5.250 09/15/19 1,802,770 2,000 New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking Revolving Fd Ser B 5.000 06/15/21 2,140,860 3,500 New York St Hsg Fin Agy Rev Multi-Family Hsg Secd Mtg Pgm Ser A (AMT) 7.050 08/15/24 3,633,875 2,000 New York St Hsg Fin Agy St Personal Income Tax Rev Econ Dev & Hsg Ser A (FGIC Insd) 5.000 09/15/30 2,103,680 3,000 New York St Loc Govt Assistance Corp Ser E Rfdg 6.000 04/01/14 3,479,940 1,050 New York St Med Care Fac Fin Agy Rev Saint Peter's Hosp Proj Ser A (AMBAC Insd) 5.375 11/01/20 1,066,233 4,000 New York St Mtg Agy Rev Homeowner Mtg Ser 71 (AMT) 5.400 04/01/29 4,139,880 4,460 New York St Mtg Agy Rev Homeowner Mtg Ser 79 (AMT) 5.300 04/01/29 4,620,738 1,990 New York St Mtg Agy Rev Ser 101 (AMT) 5.400 04/01/32 2,058,257 2,000 New York St Twy Auth Hwy & Brdg Tr Fd Ser A (Prerefunded @ 04/01/12) (FSA Insd) 5.250 04/01/19 2,187,260 2,500 New York St Urban Dev Corp Rev Correctional Fac Ser A Rfdg 5.500 01/01/14 2,749,875 1,625 New York St Urban Dev Corp Rev Proj Ctr for Indl Innovation Rfdg 5.500 01/01/13 1,808,268 1,000 Niagra Falls City Sch Dist Ctf Partn High Sch Fac Rfdg (FSA Insd) 5.000 06/15/25 1,059,520 3,570 Niagara, NY Frontier Auth Arpt Buffalo Niagara Intl Arpt Ser A (AMT) (MBIA Insd) 5.625 04/01/29 3,834,323 1,430 Rensselaer, NY Hsg Auth Multi-Family Rev Mtg Renwyck Pl Ser A 7.650 01/01/11 1,494,493 1,330 Rensselaer, NY Hsg Auth Multi-Family Rev Mtg Van Rensselaer Heights Ser A 7.750 01/01/11 1,391,459 5,445 Triborough Brdg & Tunl Auth NY Rev Gen Purp Ser A 5.250 01/01/18 5,937,990 5,000 Triborough Brdg & Tunl Auth NY Rev Gen Purp Ser A 5.000 01/01/32 5,301,800 2,000 Westchester Tob Asset Securitization Corp NY 5.125 06/01/45 2,006,000 1,145 Western Nassau Cnty, NY Wtr Auth Wtr Sys Rev (AMBAC Insd) (b) 5.000 05/01/26 1,219,986 2,000 Yonkers, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Cmnty Dev Ppty Yonkers Inc Ser A (Prerefunded @ 02/01/11) (c) 6.625 02/01/26 2,307,600 1,700 Yonkers, NY Ser A (FGIC Insd) (a) 5.750 10/01/14 1,919,912 ------------------ 157,535,001 ------------------ PUERTO RICO 7.9% 5,000 Puerto Rico Comwlth Hwy & Trans Auth Hwy Rev Ser Y (FSA Insd) 6.250 07/01/21 6,284,800 2,000 Puerto Rico Pub Bldg Auth Rev Govt Fac Ser I (Comwth Gtd) 5.250 07/01/33 2,142,560 ------------------ 8,427,360 ------------------ U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 1.0% 1,000 Virgin Islands Pub Fin Auth Rev Gross Rcpt Taxes Ln Nt Ser A (ACA Insd) 6.125 10/01/29 1,116,410 ------------------ TOTAL INVESTMENTS 156.4% (Cost $155,781,202) 167,078,771 LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.2%) (188,342) PREFERRED SHARES (INCLUDING ACCRUED DISTRIBUTIONS) (56.2%) (60,095,743) ------------------ NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES 100.0% $106,794,686 ================== Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shares. (a) The Trust owns 100% of the bond issuance. (b) Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. (c) All or a portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts. ACA - American Capital Access AMBAC - AMBAC Indemnity Corp. AMT - Alternative Minimum Tax Comwth Gtd - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico FGIC - Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. FSA - Financial Security Assurance Inc. MBIA - Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp. XLCA - XL Capital Assurance Inc. Future contracts outstanding as of July 31, 2005: UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/ CONTRACTS DEPRECIATION Short Contracts: U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures September 2005 (Current Notional Value of $110,984 per contract) 122 $96,731 ================================= Item 2. Controls and Procedures. (a) The Trust's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Trust's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report. (b) There were no changes in the Trust's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Item 3. Exhibits. (a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert. (b) A certification for the Principal Financial Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. (Registrant) Van Kampen Trust For Investment Grade New York Municipals By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison --------------------- Name: Ronald E. Robison Title: Principal Executive Officer Date: September 19, 2005 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison --------------------- Name: Ronald E. Robison Title: Principal Executive Officer Date: September 19, 2005 By: /s/ Phillip G. Goff ------------------- Name: Phillip G. Goff Title: Principal Financial Officer Date: September 19, 2005