Zappa in New York is a double live album by Frank Zappa released on his own DiscReet Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded in December 1976 at a series of concerts at the Palladium in New York City.

The album was scheduled for release in mid-1977, but it was not generally available until March 1978. The album reached #57 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.

Though it was on his own label, Zappa did not authorize the 1977 or 1978 releases of this album and Warner did no promotion. At the same time Zappa gave interviews which described his legal problems with Warner and former manager Herb Cohen. The 1991 CD re-release was the first time the album was issued with Zappa's authorization.

The album features a variety of rock and jazz-rock tracks. "Sofa" had appeared in a different arrangement on a previous Zappa record and "Big Leg Emma" was a non-album B-side from 1967, while the other songs were entirely new. Backing musicians include a full horn section, containing members of the Saturday Night Live band, including Lou Marini and Tom Malone, as well as the Brecker Brothers. In addition, Don Pardo was invited by Zappa to the Palladium concerts, and he provides introductory narrations to "Punky's Whips" and "The Illinois Enema Bandit" (Michael H. Kenyon). After the December 1976 live performances Zappa spent time in the studio in early 1977 adding a significant number of overdubs, including additional percussion parts from Ruth Underwood, John Bergamo, and Ed Mann.

The DiscReet label was co-owned by Zappa and his manager Herb Cohen and distributed by Warner Bros. Records. Zappa delivered four new individual albums to Warner for release on DiscReet in March 1977 to complete his contract. According to the contract Warner was required to pay Zappa $60,000 per album ($240,000 total) and release the recordings in the United States within six weeks. However, Warner failed to follow through on these terms.

The four individual albums delivered in March 1977 were Zappa In New York, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt and Orchestral Favorites. Since Zappa In New York was configured as a two-LP set, the complete four-album collection contains a total of five full LPs.

Warner later scheduled the release of Zappa in New York on DiscReet in mid-1977. A "Dateline Burbank" advertisement in the June 30, 1977 issue of Rolling Stone magazine described the release of the album as "imminent". A few uncensored copies appeared by late 1977 but the album was quickly pulled from stores in November. Zappa objected to the release at this time and sued Warner. He also claimed that Warner first began to manufacture the album only when they heard he had negotiated to release the recordings with a competing company. The full eleven-song uncensored 1977 version of the album has never been officially re-issued.

Much of the material from these four individual albums was also edited by Zappa into a four-LP box set called Läther. Zappa announced this album in a mid September 1977 interview where he described it as his "current album". Zappa negotiated a distribution deal with Phonogram Inc. to release Läther as the first release on the Zappa Records label. The album was scheduled for a Halloween October 31, 1977 release date. But Warner claimed ownership of the material and threatened legal action, preventing the release of Läther and forcing Zappa to shelve the project.