SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

FORM N-8A

NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION

FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 (A) OF THE

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such notification of registration submits the following information:

A.	Name:	TFLIC Separate Account VNY
B.	Address of Principal Business Office (Number and Street, City, State, Zip Code):
		4 Manhattanville Road
		Purchase, NY 10577
C.	Telephone Number (including area code):
		(319) 297-8330
D.	Name and address of agent for service of process:
		Darin D. Smith, Esquire
		4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
		Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001
E.	Copy to:
		Frederick R. Bellamy, Esquire
		Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
		1275 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
		Washington, D.C. 20004-2404
F.	Check Appropriate Box:
	Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A:

Yes x     No ¨

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the sponsor of the Registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on behalf of the Registrant in the City of Cedar Rapids, and State of Iowa this 24th day of January, 2005.

	(SEAL)	TFLIC Separate Account VNY
		(Name of Registrant)
		By:	Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company
		(Name of Depositor)
		By:	/s/ Mark W. Mullin
			Mark W. Mullin
		Title:	President
ATTEST:
By:	/s/ Ronald L. Ziegler
	Ronald L. Ziegler
	Vice President
	Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company