BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in income securities of United States issuers rated below investment grade quality or unrated income securities. The Fund primarily seeks high current income. The fund also seeks capital growth as a secondary objective, to the extent consistent with its objective of seeking high current income. The Fund invests in various sectors, including advertising, aerospace and defense, airlines, automobiles and components, banks, beverage products, building materials, chemicals, commercial and professional services, electronic components, energy, food products, health care, information technology, insurance, media and consumer discretionary. The Fund’s adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.