content: 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): September 27, 2004
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
                                 -------------------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
               New York                      0-14874           11-2846511
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       (State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)      File Number)      Identification No.)
  
             699 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY            11040-2512
           ---------------------------------------------------------------
            (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
          Registrant's telephone number including area code: (516) 437-1000
                                                             --------------
                                         N/A
                                         ---
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  
       |_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
           (17 CFR 230.425)
  
       |_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
           CFR 240.14a-12)
  
       |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
           Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
       |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
           Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
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  ITEM 5.02 - DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
  APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
  
  At a meeting held on September  27, 2004,  the  Registrant's  Board of Directors
  unanimously  voted to  increase  the  number of  directors  from ten  members to
  thirteen  members and unanimously  elected the following  persons to serve until
  the next annual meeting of  shareholders:  K. Thomas Liaw,  Gerard J. McKeon and
  Andrew J. Simons.  The Board did not  immediately  appoint the new  directors to
  serve on any  committees,  but may do so in the future.  The new directors  were
  also  elected  to the  Board of  Directors  of State  Bank of Long  Island,  the
  Registrant's sole operating subsidiary.
  
  There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the new directors and
  any other  persons  pursuant to which the  selection of such  director was made.
  None of them are a party to any transactions or relationships within the meaning
  of  Item  404(a)  of  Regulation  S-K  involving  the  Registrant  or any of its
  subsidiaries.
  
  ITEM 9.01 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  Exhibits
  
  99.1 Press release issued by the Registrant on September 30, 2004 announcing the
  September 27, 2004 election of three new members to its Board of Directors
  
  
                                      SIGNATURE
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                        STATE BANCORP, INC.
  
  
  DATE:    October 1, 2004
  
  
                                        By: s/Brian K. Finneran
                                            --------------------------------------
                                            Brian K. Finneran, Secretary/Treasurer
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text: 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): September 27, 2004
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
                                 -------------------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
               New York                      0-14874           11-2846511
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------
       (State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)      File Number)      Identification No.)
  
             699 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY            11040-2512
           ---------------------------------------------------------------
            (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
          Registrant's telephone number including area code: (516) 437-1000
                                                             --------------
                                         N/A
                                         ---
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  
       |_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
           (17 CFR 230.425)
  
       |_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
           CFR 240.14a-12)
  
       |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
           Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
       |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
           Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 5.02 - DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
  APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
  
  At a meeting held on September  27, 2004,  the  Registrant's  Board of Directors
  unanimously  voted to  increase  the  number of  directors  from ten  members to
  thirteen  members and unanimously  elected the following  persons to serve until
  the next annual meeting of  shareholders:  K. Thomas Liaw,  Gerard J. McKeon and
  Andrew J. Simons.  The Board did not  immediately  appoint the new  directors to
  serve on any  committees,  but may do so in the future.  The new directors  were
  also  elected  to the  Board of  Directors  of State  Bank of Long  Island,  the
  Registrant's sole operating subsidiary.
  
  There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the new directors and
  any other  persons  pursuant to which the  selection of such  director was made.
  None of them are a party to any transactions or relationships within the meaning
  of  Item  404(a)  of  Regulation  S-K  involving  the  Registrant  or any of its
  subsidiaries.
  
  ITEM 9.01 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  Exhibits
  
  99.1 Press release issued by the Registrant on September 30, 2004 announcing the
  September 27, 2004 election of three new members to its Board of Directors
  
                                      SIGNATURE
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                        STATE BANCORP, INC.
  
  DATE:    October 1, 2004
  
                                        By: s/Brian K. Finneran
                                            --------------------------------------
                                            Brian K. Finneran, Secretary/Treasurer