SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT,
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2001



                              EMERGING VISION, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




         New York                       1-14128                 11-3096941
      --------------                 -------------            ---------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)


                             1500 Hempstead Turnpike
                           East Meadow, New York 11554
                        ---------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)





                                 (516) 390-2100
                        ---------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




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Item 5. Other Information

     The Nasdaq requires, among other items, that the Company maintain a minimum
of $4,000,000 of net tangible assets as a condition to the continued  listing of
the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System  ("Nasdaq-NMS").
The  Company's  net  tangible  assets  as of March  31,  2001  were  $3,084,000.
Effective May 31, 2001,  the Company's  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Insight Laser
Centers  N.Y.  I, Inc.,  completed  the sale of its  ambulatory  surgery  center
business and assets in exchange for the purchaser's assumption of certain of the
liabilities associated therewith (the "Insight  Transaction").  As a result, the
Company's  net tangible  assets as of April 30, 2001, on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the Insight  Transaction,  were  $4,069,000.  Accordingly,  the
Company presently meets the Nasdaq-NMS's net tangible asset requirement for such
continued listing of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq-NMS.

     The Nasdaq also requires,  as a condition to the continued  listing of such
Common Stock on the  Nasdaq-NMS,  a minimum bid price for the  Company's  Common
Stock of $1.00 per share.  On April 9, 2001,  the Company was notified by Nasdaq
that it did not meet such minimum bid price requirement and that the Company had
until  July 5,  2001 to  comply  with  such  rule in order  to avoid  delisting.
Accordingly,  the  Company is in the  process of  preparing a response to Nasdaq
with  its  proposed  plans by which  the  Company  believes  it will  meet  such
requirement.

     There can be no assurance,  however, that the Company will continue to meet
Nasdaq's net tangible  assets  requirement or meet,  currently or in the future,
all other requirements (including such minimum bid price requirement) imposed by
Nasdaq  for  the  continued  listing  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock  on  the
Nasdaq-NMS.  If the Company's  Common Stock were delisted,  such delisting would
have an adverse affect on the trading  prices of the Company's  Common Stock and
would, in all likelihood, adversely affect the liquidity of the shares of Common
Stock held by the Company's stockholders.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Document.

10.114    Asset  Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of May 31, 2001,  by  and  among
          Insight Laser Centers N.Y. I, Inc.,  Insight  Amsurg   Centers,  Inc.,
          Emerging Vision,  Inc. and Amsurg Acquisition Corp.

99.1      Press  Release,  dated June 13, 2001,  with respect to the sale of the
          assets and business of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary,  Insight
          Laser Centers N.Y. I, Inc.


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                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                          EMERGING VISION, INC.

                                    By:   /s/ George D. Papadopoulos
                                          --------------------------
                                  Name:   George D. Papadopoulos
                                 Title:   Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


Date:    June 13, 2001





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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT,
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2001

                              EMERGING VISION, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         New York                       1-14128                 11-3096941
      --------------                 -------------            ---------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

                             1500 Hempstead Turnpike
                           East Meadow, New York 11554
                        ---------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (516) 390-2100
                        ---------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5. Other Information

     The Nasdaq requires, among other items, that the Company maintain a minimum
of $4,000,000 of net tangible assets as a condition to the continued  listing of
the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System  ("Nasdaq-NMS").
The  Company's  net  tangible  assets  as of March  31,  2001  were  $3,084,000.
Effective May 31, 2001,  the Company's  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Insight Laser
Centers  N.Y.  I, Inc.,  completed  the sale of its  ambulatory  surgery  center
business and assets in exchange for the purchaser's assumption of certain of the
liabilities associated therewith (the "Insight  Transaction").  As a result, the
Company's  net tangible  assets as of April 30, 2001, on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the Insight  Transaction,  were  $4,069,000.  Accordingly,  the
Company presently meets the Nasdaq-NMS's net tangible asset requirement for such
continued listing of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq-NMS.

     The Nasdaq also requires,  as a condition to the continued  listing of such
Common Stock on the  Nasdaq-NMS,  a minimum bid price for the  Company's  Common
Stock of $1.00 per share.  On April 9, 2001,  the Company was notified by Nasdaq
that it did not meet such minimum bid price requirement and that the Company had
until  July 5,  2001 to  comply  with  such  rule in order  to avoid  delisting.
Accordingly,  the  Company is in the  process of  preparing a response to Nasdaq
with  its  proposed  plans by which  the  Company  believes  it will  meet  such
requirement.

     There can be no assurance,  however, that the Company will continue to meet
Nasdaq's net tangible  assets  requirement or meet,  currently or in the future,
all other requirements (including such minimum bid price requirement) imposed by
Nasdaq  for  the  continued  listing  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock  on  the
Nasdaq-NMS.  If the Company's  Common Stock were delisted,  such delisting would
have an adverse affect on the trading  prices of the Company's  Common Stock and
would, in all likelihood, adversely affect the liquidity of the shares of Common
Stock held by the Company's stockholders.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Document.

10.114    Asset  Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of May 31, 2001,  by  and  among
          Insight Laser Centers N.Y. I, Inc.,  Insight  Amsurg   Centers,  Inc.,
          Emerging Vision,  Inc. and Amsurg Acquisition Corp.

99.1      Press  Release,  dated June 13, 2001,  with respect to the sale of the
          assets and business of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary,  Insight
          Laser Centers N.Y. I, Inc.

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          EMERGING VISION, INC.

                                    By:   /s/ George D. Papadopoulos
                                          --------------------------
                                  Name:   George D. Papadopoulos
                                 Title:   Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

Date:    June 13, 2001

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