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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S&#8209;8</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;"><u>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Its Charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">New York</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">14-1630287</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">5 Sarnowski Drive, Glenview, New York</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">12302</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">MICHAEL M. OZIMEK</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">TrustCo Bank Corp NY</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">5 Sarnowski Drive</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">Glenview, New York 12302</div>
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              <td style="width: 60%; text-align: center; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">(518) 381-3680</td>
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              <td style="width: 60%; text-align: center;">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</td>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">Copies to:</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">Leonard J. Essig, Esq.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">Lewis Rice LLC</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">600 Washington Avenue, Suite 2500</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">St. Louis, Missouri&#160; 63101</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(314) 444-7600</div>
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      <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&#160; See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;non-accelerated
        filer,&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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              <div>&#9746; Large accelerated filer</div>
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              <div>&#9744; Accelerated filer</div>
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              <div>&#9744; Non-accelerated filer</div>
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              <div>&#9744; Smaller reporting company</div>
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      <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
        Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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              <div>Title Of</div>
              <div>Securities To</div>
              <div>Be Registered</div>
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              <div>Amount</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">Per Share<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed</div>
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              <div>Amount Of</div>
              <div>Registration</div>
              <div>Fee</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">Common Stock</div>
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              <div>2,000,000</div>
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              <div>$</div>
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              <div>7.87</div>
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              <div>5,730,000.00</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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              <div>$</div>
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              <div>1,906.48</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">(1) The securities registered hereunder consists of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, a New York corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), available to be
        granted under or issuable pursuant to the TrustCo Bank Corp NY 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Common Stock may be issued as a result of awards and/or exercise of stock options, stock appreciation
        rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares or performance units. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
        additional shares of common stock that may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan(s) described herein.</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) represents the average of the high and low reported prices for the Company&#8217;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on August 2, 2019, such date being a
        date within five business days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I- INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</div>
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                <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 1.</td>
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                  <div style="font-weight: bold;">Plan Information*</div>
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      <div>* The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to the participants in the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
        Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
        Securities Act of 1933. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
        Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Information contained in the following documents of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed with the Commission is incorporated herein by reference:</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10&#8209;K for the fiscal year ended <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119004233/form10k.htm">December 31, 2018</a>, as filed with the
        Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;);</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119008376/form10q.htm">March 31, 2019</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119014566/form10q.htm">June 30, 2019</a>, each as filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000119312519094644/d690758ddef14a.htm">April 1, 2019</a>, to the
        extent incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119004233/form10k.htm">December 31, 2018</a>;</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s current reports on Form 8-K filed <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119000830/form8k.htm">January 11, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119003461/form8k.htm">February 19, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119006982/form8k.htm">April 12, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119009532/form8k.htm">May 21, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119009714/form8k.htm">May 23, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119009996/form8k.htm">May 29, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119010660/form8k.htm">June 7, 2019</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036119012870/form8k.htm">July 12, 2019</a>.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2018; and</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, Registration No. 33&#8209;40379, effective date May 8, 1991, and an
        update of that description contained in the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8&#8209;K filed on July 9, 1991; and including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
        offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.</div>
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                <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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                  <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
                </td>
              </tr>

          </table>
          <div> <br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The legality of the issue of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock offered hereunder has been passed upon for the Company by Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, Missouri.</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"> <br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div>
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                <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</td>
                <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                  <div style="font-weight: bold;">Indemnification Of Directors And Officers</div>
                </td>
              </tr>

          </table>
          <div> <br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Sections 721-725 of the New York Business Corporation Law provide for or permit the indemnification of directors and officers of the Company under certain circumstances. Generally, a corporation may indemnify a
        director or officer of the corporation against any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests
        of the corporation and, in criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"> <br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Article XI of the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest extent elimination or limitation of director liability is permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law,
        no directors of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its shareholders for any breach of duty in such capacity.</div>
      <div> <br>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The Company&#8217;s bylaws contain detailed and comprehensive procedures to address the circumstances under which an officer or director of the Company may seek indemnification and under which the board or other persons,
        including the Company&#8217;s shareholders, may authorize indemnification payments. A copy of the Company&#8217;s bylaws was included as an exhibit to the Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2019.
        Pursuant to Employment Agreements between the Company and certain of its executive officers, the Company shall indemnify such executives for acts or decisions made by such executives in good faith while performing services for the Company, and the
        Company shall use its best efforts to obtain insurance coverage relating thereto. Finally, under a policy of directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; insurance with total annual limits of $55,000,000, the directors and officers of the Company are insured, subject
        to the limits, exceptions and other terms and conditions of such policy, against liability for claims made against them for any actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement or act or omission or neglect or breach of duty while
        acting in their individual or collective capacities as directors or officers.</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"> <br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been
        informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and therefore is unenforceable.</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"> <br>
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                <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.</td>
                <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                  <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibits</div>
                </td>
              </tr>

          </table>
          <div> <br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The following exhibits are submitted herewith or incorporated by reference herein.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Exhibit</div>
              <div><u>Number</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div><u>Exhibit</u></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>4.1</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>TrustCo Bank Corp NY 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to TrustCo Bank Corp NY&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 1, 2019)</div>
            </td>
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            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>5.1</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Opinion of Lewis Rice LLC.</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>15.1</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Crowe LLP Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>23.1</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Consent of Crowe LLP.</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>23.2</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Consent of Lewis Rice LLC (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;" colspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>24.1</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 86%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Powers of Attorney.</div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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      <div><br>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Registrant.</font> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
        believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S&#8209;8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Glenville, State of New York, on August 8,
        2019.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
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            <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;" colspan="2">
              <div style="font-weight: bold;">TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;" colspan="2"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
            <td style="width: 5%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>By</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 45%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div><u>/s/ Robert J. McCormick</u></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;">
              <div><br>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Robert J. McCormick</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;">
              <div><br>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities shown on August 8, 2019.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
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            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div><u>Name</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;"><u>Title/Position</u></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div style="text-indent: -32.7pt; margin-left: 32.7pt;"><u>/s/ Robert J. McCormick</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Chairman, President and Chief</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="text-indent: -32.7pt; margin-left: 32.7pt;">Robert J. McCormick</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div style="text-indent: -32.7pt; margin-left: 32.7pt;"><u>/s/ Michael M. Ozimek</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="text-indent: -32.7pt; margin-left: 32.7pt;">Michael M. Ozimek</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">(Principal Financial and</div>
              <div style="text-align: center;">Accounting Officer)</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div style="text-indent: -32.4pt; margin-left: 32.4pt;">Dennis A. DeGennaro</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Brian C. Flynn</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Lisa M. Lucarelli</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Thomas O. Maggs</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Anthony J. Marinello, M.D., PhD</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;" rowspan="1"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="margin-left: 36pt;">*</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 2px;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>William D. Powers</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Director</div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
      <div><br>
      </div>
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            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>
                <div>* By:</div>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div><u>/s/ Michael M. Ozimek</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 60%; vertical-align: middle;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 6%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: bottom;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom;">
              <div>Attorney-in-Fact</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 60%; vertical-align: middle;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
      <div><br>
      </div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">Exhibit Index</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;"> <br>
      </div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="text-align: center;"><u>Exhibit</u></div>
              <div style="text-align: center;"><u>Number</u></div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 88%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div>Exhibit</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 88%; vertical-align: top;"><br>
            </td>
          </tr>
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              <div>TrustCo Bank Corp NY Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to TrustCo Bank Corp NY&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 1, 2019)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Crowe LLP Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Consent of Crowe LLP.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Consent of Lewis Rice LLC. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</div>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Its Charter)
New York
14-1630287
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5 Sarnowski Drive, Glenview, New York
12302
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
MICHAEL M. OZIMEK
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
TrustCo Bank Corp NY
5 Sarnowski Drive
Glenview, New York 12302
(518) 381-3680
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Leonard J. Essig, Esq.
Lewis Rice LLC
600 Washington Avenue, Suite 2500
St. Louis, Missouri  63101
(314) 444-7600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "non-accelerated
        filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
☒ Large accelerated filer
☐ Accelerated filer
☐ Non-accelerated filer
☐ Smaller reporting company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
        Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of
Securities To
Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount Of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock
2,000,000
$
7.87
$
5,730,000.00
$
1,906.48
(1) The securities registered hereunder consists of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, a New York corporation (the "Company"), available to be
        granted under or issuable pursuant to the TrustCo Bank Corp NY 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Common Stock may be issued as a result of awards and/or exercise of stock options, stock appreciation
        rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares or performance units. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
        additional shares of common stock that may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan(s) described herein.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) represents the average of the high and low reported prices for the Company's common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on August 2, 2019, such date being a
        date within five business days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement.
PART I- INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
* The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to the participants in the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
        Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
        Securities Act of 1933. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
        Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Information contained in the following documents of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (the "Company") filed with the Commission is incorporated herein by reference:
(a)          The Company's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018
, as filed with the
        Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");
(b)          The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2019
and
June 30, 2019
, each as filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
(c)          The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on
April 1, 2019
, to the
        extent incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018
;
(d)          The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed
January 11, 2019
,
February 19, 2019
,
April 12, 2019
,
May 21, 2019
,
May 23, 2019
,
May 29, 2019
,
June 7, 2019
and
July 12, 2019
.
(e)          All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2018; and
(f)          The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, Registration No. 33‑40379, effective date May 8, 1991, and an
        update of that description contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8‑K filed on July 9, 1991; and including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
        offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The legality of the issue of the shares of the Company's common stock offered hereunder has been passed upon for the Company by Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, Missouri.
Item 6.
Indemnification Of Directors And Officers
Sections 721-725 of the New York Business Corporation Law provide for or permit the indemnification of directors and officers of the Company under certain circumstances. Generally, a corporation may indemnify a
        director or officer of the corporation against any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests
        of the corporation and, in criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Article XI of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest extent elimination or limitation of director liability is permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law,
        no directors of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its shareholders for any breach of duty in such capacity.
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The Company's bylaws contain detailed and comprehensive procedures to address the circumstances under which an officer or director of the Company may seek indemnification and under which the board or other persons,
        including the Company's shareholders, may authorize indemnification payments. A copy of the Company's bylaws was included as an exhibit to the Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2019.
        Pursuant to Employment Agreements between the Company and certain of its executive officers, the Company shall indemnify such executives for acts or decisions made by such executives in good faith while performing services for the Company, and the
        Company shall use its best efforts to obtain insurance coverage relating thereto. Finally, under a policy of directors' and officers' insurance with total annual limits of $55,000,000, the directors and officers of the Company are insured, subject
        to the limits, exceptions and other terms and conditions of such policy, against liability for claims made against them for any actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement or act or omission or neglect or breach of duty while
        acting in their individual or collective capacities as directors or officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been
        informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and therefore is unenforceable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are submitted herewith or incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
TrustCo Bank Corp NY 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 1, 2019)
5.1
Opinion of Lewis Rice LLC.
15.1
Crowe LLP Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23.1
Consent of Crowe LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lewis Rice LLC (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
        believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Glenville, State of New York, on August 8,
        2019.
TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
By
/s/ Robert J. McCormick
Robert J. McCormick
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities shown on August 8, 2019.
Name
Title/Position
/s/ Robert J. McCormick
Chairman, President and Chief
Robert J. McCormick
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael M. Ozimek
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael M. Ozimek
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
*
Dennis A. DeGennaro
Director
*
Brian C. Flynn
Director
*
Lisa M. Lucarelli
Director
*
Thomas O. Maggs
Director
*
Anthony J. Marinello, M.D., PhD
Director
*
William D. Powers
Director
* By:
/s/ Michael M. Ozimek
Attorney-in-Fact
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TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
TrustCo Bank Corp NY Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 1, 2019)
5.1
Opinion of Lewis Rice LLC
15.1
Crowe LLP Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23.1
Consent of Crowe LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lewis Rice LLC. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.