Item 1. Schedule of Investments: -------------------------------- Putnam New York Investment Grade Municipal Trust QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS 1-31-05 Putnam New York Investment Grade Municipal Trust ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The fund's portfolio January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AMBAC -- AMBAC Indemnity Corporation FGIC -- Financial Guaranty Insurance Company FSA -- Financial Security Assurance G.O. Bonds -- General Obligation Bonds IFB -- Inverse Floating Rate Bonds MBIA -- MBIA Insurance Company U.S. Govt. Coll. -- U.S. Government Collateralized Municipal bonds and notes (100%) (a) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal amount Rating (RAT) Value ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York (98.0%) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $300,000 Albany Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds (Albany College of Pharmacy), Ser. A, 5 3/8s, 12/1/24 BBB- $315,531 250,000 Albany, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Charitable Leadership), Ser. A , 6s, 7/1/19 Baa3 271,573 500,000 Chemung Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Arnot Ogden Med. Ctr.), 5s, 11/1/34 A3 509,900 700,000 Dutchess Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Bard College), 5 3/4s, 8/1/30 A3 757,953 250,000 Essex Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds (Intl. Paper Co.), Ser. A, 5 1/2s, 10/1/26 Baa2 254,830 500,000 Geneva, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds (Hobart & William Smith), Ser. A, 5 3/8s, 2/1/33 A 531,170 395,000 Hempstead, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Hofstra U.), 5 1/4s, 7/1/16 A 426,734 Long Island, Pwr. Auth. NY Elec. Syst. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A 750,000 5 1/4s, 12/1/26 A- 778,808 2,000,000 AMBAC, 5s, 9/1/29 Aaa 2,102,480 1,000,000 Madison Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds (Colgate U.), Ser. A, 5s, 7/1/23 Aa3 1,064,910 1,000,000 Metro. Trans. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, FSA, 5s, 11/15/30 Aaa 1,045,150 Metro. Trans. Auth. Svc. Contract Rev. Bonds 500,000 (Trans. Fac.), Ser. O, U.S. Govt. Coll., 5 3/4s, 7/1/13 AAA 571,015 1,000,000 Ser. A , MBIA, 5 1/2s, 1/1/20 Aaa 1,133,720 650,000 Niagara Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds, Ser. C, 5 5/8s, 11/15/24 Baa1 698,282 NY City, G.O. Bonds 185,000 Ser. I, U.S. Govt. Coll., 6 1/4s, 4/15/17 Aaa 202,340 65,000 Ser. D, U.S. Govt. Coll., 6s, 2/15/25 Aaa 65,739 1,000,000 Ser. B, 5 3/4s, 8/1/16 A2 1,129,620 700,000 Ser. B, 5 1/2s, 12/1/31 (Prerefunded) AAA 803,096 300,000 Ser. B, 5 1/2s, 12/1/31 A2 321,270 200,000 NY City, IFB, AMBAC, 10.07s, 9/1/11 Aaa 201,246 300,000 NY City, Hlth. & Hosp. Corp. Rev. Bonds (Hlth. Syst.), Ser. A , 5 3/8s, 2/15/26 A3 312,732 750,000 NY City, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev. Bonds (Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogen. Partners), 5.65s, 10/1/28 BBB- 739,350 NY City, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds 600,000 (Staten Island U. Hosp.), Ser. A, 6 3/8s, 7/1/31 Ba3 592,038 250,000 (Brooklyn Polytech. U. Project J), 6 1/8s, 11/1/30 BB+ 244,745 250,000 (St. Francis College), 5s, 10/1/34 A- 257,910 700,000 NY City, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Special Arpt. Fac. Rev. Bonds (Airis JFK I LLC), Ser. A, 5 1/2s, 7/1/28 Baa3 706,468 NY City, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Special Fac. Rev. Bonds 1,000,000 (Terminal One Group Assn.), 6s, 1/1/15 A3 1,012,830 100,000 (British Airways), 5 1/4s, 12/1/32 BB+ 80,741 500,000 NY City, Muni. Wtr. & Swr. Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. G, FSA, 5s, 6/15/34 Aaa 517,880 300,000 NY Cntys., Tobacco Trust III Rev. Bonds, 6s, 6/1/43 Baa2 295,107 1,000,000 NY Cntys., Trust II Rev. Bonds (Tobacco Settlement), 5 3/4s, 6/1/43 BBB 938,460 NY State Dorm. Auth. Rev. Bonds 875,000 (State U. Edl. Fac.), Ser. A, 7 1/2s, 5/15/13 AA- 1,116,036 250,000 (Mount Sinai Hlth.), Ser. A, 6 1/2s, 7/1/25 Ba1 264,133 70,000 (Mental Hlth. Svcs.), Ser. A, 5 3/4s, 2/15/27 AA- 74,612 450,000 (Winthrop-U. Hosp. Assn.), Ser. A, 5 1/2s, 7/1/32 Baa1 471,249 870,000 (Dept. of Hlth.), 5 1/2s, 7/1/25 (Prerefunded) AA- 926,524 630,000 (Dept. of Hlth.), 5 1/2s, 7/1/25 AA- 665,746 600,000 (North Shore Long Island Jewish Group), 5 3/8s, 5/1/23 A3 637,056 1,000,000 (City U. Syst. Construction), Ser. 1, 5 1/4s, 7/1/17 AA- 1,067,520 300,000 (NY Methodist Hosp.), 5 1/4s, 7/1/17 A3 327,192 1,000,000 (School Dist. Fin.), Ser. A, MBIA, 5 1/4s, 4/1/11 Aaa 1,119,700 250,000 (Lenox Hill Hosp. Oblig. Group), 5 1/4s, 7/1/08 Baa2 264,028 1,500,000 (NY U.), Ser. 2, AMBAC, 5s, 7/1/41 Aaa 1,549,740 500,000 (Rochester U.), Ser. A, 5s, 7/1/34 A1 519,765 1,000,000 (NYU), Ser. A, FGIC, 5s, 7/1/29 Aaa 1,056,050 1,000,000 Ser. A, FGIC-TCRS, 5s, 3/15/27 Aaa 1,053,090 1,000,000 (Dept. of Hlth.), Ser. 2, FGIC, 5s, 7/1/22 Aaa 1,080,190 1,875,000 NY State Dorm. Auth. Lease Rev. Bonds (State U. Dorm. Facs.), Ser. A, MBIA, 5s, 7/1/24 Aaa 2,023,369 500,000 NY State Energy Research & Dev. Auth. Fac. Mandatory Put Bonds, 4.7s, 10/1/12 A1 502,320 400,000 NY State Energy Research & Dev. Auth. Gas Fac. Rev. Bonds (Brooklyn Union Gas), 6.952s, 7/1/26 A+ 430,244 250,000 NY State Env. Fac. Corp. Rev. Bonds, 5s, 6/15/32 Aaa 262,355 155,000 NY State Env. Fac. Corp. Poll. Control Rev. Bonds (State Wtr. Revolving Fund), Ser. A, 7 1/2s, 6/15/12 Aaa 155,589 1,000,000 NY State Local Govt. Assistance Corp. Rev. Bonds (Sub. Lien), Ser. A, FSA, 5s, 4/1/13 AA 1,116,170 750,000 NY State Pwr. Auth. Rev. Bonds, 5s, 11/15/20 Aa2 807,488 NY State Thruway Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, MBIA 1,000,000 5 1/4s, 4/1/13 Aaa 1,129,310 1,000,000 5 1/4s, 4/1/12 Aaa 1,127,500 1,000,000 NY State Urban Dev. Corp. Rev. Bonds (Personal Income Tax), Ser. C-1, 5s, 3/15/33 AA 1,120,150 1,000,000 Port Auth. NY & NJ Cons. Rev. Bonds, Ser. 124, 5s, 8/1/31 AA- 1,018,250 3,000,000 Port. Auth. NY & NJ Special Obligation Rev. Bonds (JFK Intl. Air Term. - 6), MBIA, 5.9s, 12/1/17 Aaa 3,269,460 100,000 Saratoga Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Saratoga Hosp.), Ser. A, 5s, 12/1/13 BBB+ 106,757 500,000 Suffolk Cnty., Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Huntington Hosp.), Ser. B, 5 7/8s, 11/1/32 Baa1 528,090 1,000,000 Tobacco Settlement Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A-1, 5 1/2s, 6/1/18 AA- 1,107,110 1,000,000 Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 5s, 1/1/32 Aa3 1,033,580 165,000 Westchester Cnty., Indl Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (Guiding Eyes for The Blind), 5 3/8s, 8/1/24 BBB 177,692 250,000 Yonkers, Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Fac. Rev. Bonds (St. John's Riverside Hosp.), Ser. A, 7 1/8s, 7/1/31 BB 260,243 ------------- 47,251,936 Puerto Rico (2.0%) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 750,000 Children's Trust Fund Tobacco Settlement Rev. Bonds, 5 1/2s, 5/15/39 BBB 711,270 250,000 PR Indl. Tourist Edl. Med. & Env. Control Fac. Rev. Bonds (Cogen. Fac.-AES), 6 5/8s, 6/1/26 Baa3 273,763 ------------- 985,033 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Investments (cost $45,908,395) (b) $48,236,969 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES (a) Percentages indicated are based on portfolio market value. (RAT) The Moody's or Standard & Poor's ratings indicated are believed to be the most recent ratings available at January 31, 2005 for the securities listed. Ratings are generally ascribed to securities at the time of issuance. While the agencies may from time to time revise such ratings, they undertake no obligation to do so, and the ratings do not necessarily represent what the agencies would ascribe to these securities at January 31, 2005. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by "/P". Security ratings are defined in the Statement of Additional Information. (b) The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $45,918,822, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $2,462,867 and $144,720 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $2,318,147. The rates shown on Mandatory Put Bonds are the current interest rates at January 31, 2005. The dates shown on Mandatory Put Bonds are the next mandatory put dates. The rates shown on IFB which are securities paying interest rates that vary inversely to changes in the market interest rates, are the current interest rates at January 31, 2005. The fund had the following industry group concentrations greater than 10% at January 31, 2005 (as a percentage of portfolio market value): Transportation 21.6% Education 17.6 Utilities 13.6 Healthcare 11.7 The fund had the following insurance concentration greater than 10% at January 31, 2005 (as a percentage of portfolio market value): MBIA 20.3% Security valuation Tax-exempt bonds and notes are valued at fair value on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing service, approved by the Trustees. Such services use information with respect to transactions in bonds, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities in determining value. Other investments are valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. For additional information regarding the fund please see the fund's most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, www.sec.gov, or visit Putnam's Individual Investor Web site at www.putnaminvestments.com Item 2. Controls and Procedures: -------------------------------- (a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. (b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable Item 3. Exhibits: ------------------ A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith. 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. NAME OF REGISTRANT By (Signature and Title): /s/ Michael T. Healy -------------------------- Michael T. Healy Principal Accounting Officer Date: March 28, 2005 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By (Signature and Title): /s/ Charles E. Porter --------------------------- Charles E. Porter Principal Executive Officer Date: March 28, 2005 By (Signature and Title): /s/ Steven D. Krichmar --------------------------- Steven D. Krichmar Principal Financial Officer Date: March 28, 2005