BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Form 3 Initial statement of insider ownership

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

240 GREENWICH STREET

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10286

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/23/1998

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND [ DHF ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
Investment Adviser

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Shares of Beneficial Interest, Par Value $.001 Per Share	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. ("BNYMIA") is filing this Form 3 on its behalf as well as on the behalf of its predecessor, The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus"), as the investment adviser to BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund"). At no time since the Fund's initial public offering and the effectiveness of its initial registration on Form N-2 has Dreyfus of BNYMIA transacted in shares of the Fund.

	/s/ James Bitetto, Secretary	10/12/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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