TO THE SECRETARY OF IDS LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

By a Consent  in  Writing  in Lieu of a Meeting  received  by the  Secretary  on
October 23, 1996,  the Board of Directors of IDS Life  Insurance  Company of New
York:

         RESOLVED, That relative to the existing IDS Life of New York Account 8,
         the proper officers of the Corporation are authorized and directed,  as
         they  may  deem  appropriate  from  time  to time  in  accordance  with
         applicable  laws and  regulations:  To  establish  further  subaccounts
         within such separate account as they determine to be appropriate.

As President of IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, I hereby  establish,  in
accordance  with the above  resolution and pursuant to the authority  granted by
the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance  Company of New York, the following
additional subaccounts within the Separate Account:

o    Subaccount YBC, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Blue Chip
     Advantage Fund;
o    Subaccount  YBD,  to invest in shares of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio  - Bond
     Fund;
o    Subaccount  YCR, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - Capital
     Resource Fund;
o    Subaccount  YCM,  to invest in shares of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio  - Cash
     Management Fund;
o    Subaccount  YDE,  to  invest  in  shares  of  AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio  -
     Diversified Equity Income Fund;
o    Subaccount YEM, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - Emerging
     Markets Fund;
o    Subaccount  YEX,  to invest in shares of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio - Extra
     Income Fund;
o    Subaccount  YFI, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - Federal
     Income Fund;
o    Subaccount  YGB, to invest in shares of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio - Global
     Bond Fund;
o    Subaccount  YGR, to invest in shares of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio - Growth
     Fund;
o    Subaccount  YIE,  to  invest  in  shares  of  AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio  -
     International Fund;
o    Subaccount  YMF, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - Managed
     Fund;
o    Subaccount  YND,  to invest in shares  of AXPsm  Variable  Portfolio  - New
     Dimensions Fund;
o    Subaccount  YIV, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - S&P 500
     Index Fund;
o    Subaccount YSM, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Small Cap
     Advantage Fund;
o    Subaccount YSA, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable  Portfolio - Strategy
     Aggressive Fund;
o    Subaccount YCA, to invest in shares of AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund;
o    Subaccount YCD, to invest in shares of AIM V.I. Capital Development Fund;
o    Subaccount YIR, to invest in shares of American Century VP International;
o    Subaccount YSB, to invest in shares of Calvert Variable Series, Inc. Social
     Balanced Portfolio;
o    Subaccount  YGC,  to invest in shares of  Fidelity  VIP III Growth & Income
     Portfolio (Service Class);
o    Subaccount  YMP, to invest in shares of Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap  Portfolio
     (Service Class);
o    Subaccount  YOS, to invest in shares of  Fidelity  VIP  Overseas  Portfolio
     (Service Class);
o    Subaccount  YRE, to invest in shares of FTVIPT  Franklin Real Estate Fund -
     Class 2;
o    Subaccount  YSV, to invest in shares of FTVIPT  Franklin  Value  Securities
     Fund - Class 2;
o    Subaccount  YIS,  to invest in  shares  of FTVIPT  Templeton  International
     Smaller Companies Fund - Class 2;
o    Subaccount  YSE, to invest in shares of Goldman  Sachs VIT COREsm Small Cap
     Equity Fund;
o    Subaccount YUE, to invest in shares of Goldman Sachs VIT COREsm U.S. Equity
     Fund;
o    Subaccount  YMC,  to invest in  shares of  Goldman  Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value
     Fund;
o    Subaccount YAG, to invest in shares of Janus Aspen Series Aggressive Growth
     Portfolio: Service Shares;



o    Subaccount YGT, to invest in shares of Janus Aspen Series Global Technology
     Portfolio: Service Shares;
o    Subaccount  YIG,  to invest in shares of Janus Aspen  Series  International
     Growth Portfolio: Service Shares;
o    Subaccount   YIP,  to  invest  in  shares  of  Lazard   Retirement   Series
     International Equity Portfolio;
o    Subaccount  YGW, to invest in shares of MFS(R) VIT Growth  Series - Service
     Class;
o    Subaccount  YDS, to invest in shares of MFS(R) VIT New  Discovery  Series -
     Service Class;
o    Subaccount  YIO,  to  invest in  shares  of  Putnam  VT  International  New
     Opportunities Fund - Class IB Shares;
o    Subaccount  YVS,  to invest  in  shares of Putnam VT Vista  Fund - Class IB
     Shares;
o    Subaccount YMI, to invest in shares of Royce Micro-Cap Portfolio;
o    Subaccount YVA, to invest in shares of Third Avenue Value Portfolio;
o    Subaccount YIC, to invest in shares of Wanger International Small Cap;
o    Subaccount YSP, to invest in shares of Wanger U.S. Small Cap;
o    Subaccount  YEG,  to invest in shares of  Warburg  Pincus  Trust - Emerging
     Growth Portfolio

In accordance with the above  resolutions  and pursuant to authority  granted by
the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company,  the unit investment trust
comprised of IDS Life of New York Account 8 and  consisting of 16 subaccounts is
hereby  reconstituted  as IDS  Life  of New  York  Account  8  consisting  of 58
subaccounts.


                                                  Received by the Secretary
                                                  October 30, 2000
/s/ Timothy V. Bechtold
    Timothy V. Bechtold

                                              /s/ Eric L. Marhoun
                                                  Eric L. Marhoun