As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2000
                                   Registration No.  333-
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20549
                                 Form S-8
          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                     HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
          (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     Maryland                                16-1455126
 (State or other jurisdiction                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)

       850 Clinton Square, Rochester, New York                14604
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                    HOME PROPERTIES OF  NEW YORK, INC.
                          2000 STOCK BENEFIT PLAN
                          (Full title of the Plan)

                          Ann M. McCormick, Esq.
               Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                     Home Properties of New York, Inc.
                            850 Clinton Square
                        Rochester, New York  14604
                              (716) 546-4900
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                                   code,
                           of agent for service)

                                 Copy to:
                        Deborah McLean Quinn, Esq.
                             Nixon Peabody LLP
                            900 Clinton Square
                        Rochester, New York  14604
                               (716)263-1000

                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                     Proposed      Proposed
 Title of                            Maximum        Maximum
 Securities                          Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
 to be            Amount to be       price per     Offering     Registration
 Registered       Registered         share*          Price*         Fee
 ---------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
 Common Stock     2,200,000**         $28.3750    $62,425,000   $17,354.15
 $.01 par value

   *    Inserted solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) and based upon the average of the closing price for
the registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange reported as of
May 22, 2000.

**   Shares to be issued pursuant to stock options or restricted stock
awards, or in settlement of stock appreciation rights, granted under the
registrant's 2000 Stock Benefit Plan.

Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered such additional
shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to anti-dilution
provisions of the Plan.

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to
the public: From time to time after the Registration Statement becomes
effective.
<PAGE>
                                  Part II

                        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

     The following documents which have been filed by Home Properties of
New York, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:

      (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

      (b)  All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a)
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December 31, 1999,
including specifically, but not limited to, the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed April 5, 2000 and Form 8-K/A filed May 22, 2000.

      (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities and
Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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 documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Company's officers and directors are and will be indemnified under
Maryland law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the
Partnership Agreement ("Operating Partnership Agreement") of Home
Properties of New York, L.P., a New York limited partnership of which the
Company is the general partner (the "Operating Partnership"), against
certain liabilities.  The Articles of Incorporation require the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from
time to time by the laws of Maryland.  The Bylaws contain provisions which
implement the indemnification provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL") permits a corporation to
indemnify its directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by
them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by
reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is
established that the act or omission of the director or officer was
material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in
bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, or the
director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in
money, property or services, or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or
omission was unlawful.  No amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of
the Company shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided
with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or
repeal.  Maryland law permits the Company to provide indemnification to an
officer to the same extent as a director, although additional
indemnification may be provided if such officer is not also a director.

     The MGCL permits the articles of incorporation of a Maryland
corporation to include a provision limiting the liability of its directors
and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages,
subject to specified restrictions.  The MGCL does not, however, permit the
liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders
to be limited to the extent that (1) it is proved that the person actually
received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services (to
the extent such benefit or profit was received) or (2) a judgment or other
final adjudication adverse to such person is entered in a proceeding based
on a finding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action
adjudicated in the proceeding.  The Articles of Incorporation of the
Company contain a provision consistent with the MGCL.  No amendment of the
Articles of Incorporation shall limit or eliminate the limitation of
liability with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.

     The Operating Partnership Agreement also provides for indemnification
of the Company and its officers and directors to the same extent
indemnification is provided to officers and directors of the Company in its
Articles of Incorporation, and limits the liability of the Company and its
officers and directors to the Operating Partnership and its partners to the
same extent liability of officers and directors of the Company to the
Company and its stockholders is limited under the Company' Articles of
Incorporation.

     The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of
the Company's directors and certain of its officers.  The indemnification
agreements require, among other things, that the Company indemnify its
directors and those officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, and
advance to the directors and officers all related expenses, subject to
reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not
permitted.  The Company also must indemnify and advance all expenses
incurred by directors and officers seeking to enforce their rights under
the indemnification agreements, and cover directors and officers under the
Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance.  Although the form
of indemnification agreement offers substantially the same scope of
coverage afforded by provisions in the Articles of Incorporation and the
Bylaws and the Operating Partnership Agreement of the Operating
Partnership, it provides greater assurance to directors and officers that
indemnification will be available, because, as a contract, it cannot be
modified unilaterally in the future by the Board of Directors or by the
stockholders to eliminate the rights it provides.

     The Company has purchased insurance under a policy that insures both
the Company and its officers and directors against exposure and liability
normally insured against under such policies, including exposure on the
indemnities described above.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     See Exhibit Index.

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                    of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                    arising after the effective date of the registration
                    statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                    thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
                    represent a fundamental change in the information set
                    forth in the Registration Statement;

               (iii)To include any material information with respect to the
                    plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                    registration statement or any material change to such
                    information in the registration statement;


provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for  purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>

                                SIGNATURES

     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 Rochester, State of New York, on
the 19th day of May, 2000.

                                    HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
                                               (Registrant)

                                  /s/ Amy L. Tait
                                  -------------------_
                                  Amy L. Tait, Executive Vice President

       KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose
signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Norman P.
Leenhouts, Nelson B. Leenhouts, Richard J. Crossed and Amy L. Tait, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

      Signature                     Title                    Date
--------------------       --------------------------   --------------

/s/ Norman P. Leenhouts    Director, Chairman and         May 19, 2000
-----------------------    Co-Chief Executive Officer
Norman P. Leenhouts       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts    Director, President and        May 19, 2000
-----------------------    Chief Executive Officer
Nelson B. Leenhouts       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Richard J. Crossed     Director, Executive Vice       May 19, 2000
-----------------------    President
Richard J. Crossed

/s/ Amy L. Tait            Director, Executive Vice       May 19, 2000
-----------------------    President
Amy L. Tait

/s/ David P. Gardner       Vice President, Chief          May 19, 2000
------------------------   Financial Officer and
David P. Gardner           Treasurer (Principal
                           Financial and Accounting
                           Officer)


/s/ Burton S. August, Sr.   Director                      May 19, 2000
------------------------
Burton S. August, Sr.

/s/ William Balderston, III Director                      May 19, 2000
-------------------------
William Balderston, III

/s/ Alan L. Gosule          Director                      May 19, 2000
-------------------------
Alan L. Gosule

/s/ Leonard F. Helbig, III  Director                      May 19, 2000
--------------------------
Leonard F. Helbig, III

/s/ Roger W. Kober          Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Roger W. Kober

/s/ Albert H. Small         Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Albert P. Small

/s/ Clifford W. Smith, Jr.  Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

/s/ Paul L. Smith           Director                      May 19, 2000
----------------------------
Paul L. Smith

<PAGE>

                               EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                        DESCRIPTION            LOCATION

   4-1     Home Properties 2000 Stock Benefit      Incorporated by reference to
           Plan                                    the Home Properties of
                                                   New York, Inc. Annual Report
                                                   on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                                                   year ended December 31, 1999

   4-2     Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by reference to
           of Articles of Incorporation of Home    the Home Properties of New
           Properties of New York, Inc.            York, Inc. Registration
                                                   Statement on Form S-11,
                                                   file No. 33-78862 (the "S-
                                                   11 Registration Statement")

     4-3   Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by reference to
                                                   the Form 8-K filed by Home
                                                   Properties of New York, Inc.
                                                   on July 2, 1999

      4-4  Amended and Restated Articles           Incorporated by reference to
           Supplementary of Series A Senior        the Home Properties of New
           Convertible Preferred Stock of Home     York, Inc. Registration
           Properties of New York, Inc.            Statement on Form S-3
                                                   File No. 333-93761, filed on
                                                   December 29, 1999

      4-5  Series B Convertible Cumulative         Incorporated by reference to
           Preferred Stock Articles Supplementary  the Home Properties of New
           to the Amended and Restated Articles    York, Inc. Registration
           of Incorporation of Home Properties     Statement on Form S-3
           of New York, Inc.                       File No. 333-92023

   4-6     Series C Convertible Cumulative         Incorporated by reference to
           Preferred Stock Articles                the Form 8-K filed by Home
           Supplementary to the Amended and        Properties of New York, Inc.
           Restated Articles of Incorporation      on May 22, 2000
           of Home Properties of New York, Inc.

   4-7     Amended and Restated By-laws of         Incorporated by reference to
           Home Properties of New York, Inc.       the Form 8-K filed by Home
                                                   Properties of New York, Inc.,
                                                   dated December 23, 1996

   5-1     Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP as to      Filed herewith
           legality of the Common Stock

   23-1    Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP            Contained in opinion filed
                                                   as Exhibit 5 to this
                                                   Registration Statement

   23-2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC,  Filed herewith
           independent accountants
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2000
                                   Registration No.  333-
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20549
                                 Form S-8
          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                     HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
          (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     Maryland                                16-1455126
 (State or other jurisdiction                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)

       850 Clinton Square, Rochester, New York                14604
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                    HOME PROPERTIES OF  NEW YORK, INC.
                          2000 STOCK BENEFIT PLAN
                          (Full title of the Plan)

                          Ann M. McCormick, Esq.
               Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                     Home Properties of New York, Inc.
                            850 Clinton Square
                        Rochester, New York  14604
                              (716) 546-4900
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                                   code,
                           of agent for service)

                                 Copy to:
                        Deborah McLean Quinn, Esq.
                             Nixon Peabody LLP
                            900 Clinton Square
                        Rochester, New York  14604
                               (716)263-1000

                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                     Proposed      Proposed
 Title of                            Maximum        Maximum
 Securities                          Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
 to be            Amount to be       price per     Offering     Registration
 Registered       Registered         share*          Price*         Fee
 ---------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
 Common Stock     2,200,000**         $28.3750    $62,425,000   $17,354.15
 $.01 par value

   *    Inserted solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) and based upon the average of the closing price for
the registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange reported as of
May 22, 2000.

**   Shares to be issued pursuant to stock options or restricted stock
awards, or in settlement of stock appreciation rights, granted under the
registrant's 2000 Stock Benefit Plan.

Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered such additional
shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to anti-dilution
provisions of the Plan.

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to
the public: From time to time after the Registration Statement becomes
effective.
Part II

                        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

     The following documents which have been filed by Home Properties of
New York, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:

      (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

      (b)  All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a)
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December 31, 1999,
including specifically, but not limited to, the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed April 5, 2000 and Form 8-K/A filed May 22, 2000.

      (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities and
Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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 documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Company's officers and directors are and will be indemnified under
Maryland law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the
Partnership Agreement ("Operating Partnership Agreement") of Home
Properties of New York, L.P., a New York limited partnership of which the
Company is the general partner (the "Operating Partnership"), against
certain liabilities.  The Articles of Incorporation require the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from
time to time by the laws of Maryland.  The Bylaws contain provisions which
implement the indemnification provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL") permits a corporation to
indemnify its directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by
them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by
reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is
established that the act or omission of the director or officer was
material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in
bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, or the
director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in
money, property or services, or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or
omission was unlawful.  No amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of
the Company shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided
with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or
repeal.  Maryland law permits the Company to provide indemnification to an
officer to the same extent as a director, although additional
indemnification may be provided if such officer is not also a director.

     The MGCL permits the articles of incorporation of a Maryland
corporation to include a provision limiting the liability of its directors
and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages,
subject to specified restrictions.  The MGCL does not, however, permit the
liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders
to be limited to the extent that (1) it is proved that the person actually
received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services (to
the extent such benefit or profit was received) or (2) a judgment or other
final adjudication adverse to such person is entered in a proceeding based
on a finding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action
adjudicated in the proceeding.  The Articles of Incorporation of the
Company contain a provision consistent with the MGCL.  No amendment of the
Articles of Incorporation shall limit or eliminate the limitation of
liability with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.

     The Operating Partnership Agreement also provides for indemnification
of the Company and its officers and directors to the same extent
indemnification is provided to officers and directors of the Company in its
Articles of Incorporation, and limits the liability of the Company and its
officers and directors to the Operating Partnership and its partners to the
same extent liability of officers and directors of the Company to the
Company and its stockholders is limited under the Company' Articles of
Incorporation.

     The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of
the Company's directors and certain of its officers.  The indemnification
agreements require, among other things, that the Company indemnify its
directors and those officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, and
advance to the directors and officers all related expenses, subject to
reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not
permitted.  The Company also must indemnify and advance all expenses
incurred by directors and officers seeking to enforce their rights under
the indemnification agreements, and cover directors and officers under the
Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance.  Although the form
of indemnification agreement offers substantially the same scope of
coverage afforded by provisions in the Articles of Incorporation and the
Bylaws and the Operating Partnership Agreement of the Operating
Partnership, it provides greater assurance to directors and officers that
indemnification will be available, because, as a contract, it cannot be
modified unilaterally in the future by the Board of Directors or by the
stockholders to eliminate the rights it provides.

     The Company has purchased insurance under a policy that insures both
the Company and its officers and directors against exposure and liability
normally insured against under such policies, including exposure on the
indemnities described above.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     See Exhibit Index.

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                    of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                    arising after the effective date of the registration
                    statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                    thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
                    represent a fundamental change in the information set
                    forth in the Registration Statement;

               (iii)To include any material information with respect to the
                    plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                    registration statement or any material change to such
                    information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for  purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

     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 Rochester, State of New York, on
the 19th day of May, 2000.

                                    HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
                                               (Registrant)

                                  /s/ Amy L. Tait
                                  -------------------_
                                  Amy L. Tait, Executive Vice President

       KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose
signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Norman P.
Leenhouts, Nelson B. Leenhouts, Richard J. Crossed and Amy L. Tait, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

      Signature                     Title                    Date
--------------------       --------------------------   --------------

/s/ Norman P. Leenhouts    Director, Chairman and         May 19, 2000
-----------------------    Co-Chief Executive Officer
Norman P. Leenhouts       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts    Director, President and        May 19, 2000
-----------------------    Chief Executive Officer
Nelson B. Leenhouts       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Richard J. Crossed     Director, Executive Vice       May 19, 2000
-----------------------    President
Richard J. Crossed

/s/ Amy L. Tait            Director, Executive Vice       May 19, 2000
-----------------------    President
Amy L. Tait

/s/ David P. Gardner       Vice President, Chief          May 19, 2000
------------------------   Financial Officer and
David P. Gardner           Treasurer (Principal
                           Financial and Accounting
                           Officer)

/s/ Burton S. August, Sr.   Director                      May 19, 2000
------------------------
Burton S. August, Sr.

/s/ William Balderston, III Director                      May 19, 2000
-------------------------
William Balderston, III

/s/ Alan L. Gosule          Director                      May 19, 2000
-------------------------
Alan L. Gosule

/s/ Leonard F. Helbig, III  Director                      May 19, 2000
--------------------------
Leonard F. Helbig, III

/s/ Roger W. Kober          Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Roger W. Kober

/s/ Albert H. Small         Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Albert P. Small

/s/ Clifford W. Smith, Jr.  Director                      May 19, 2000
---------------------------
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

/s/ Paul L. Smith           Director                      May 19, 2000
----------------------------
Paul L. Smith
EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                        DESCRIPTION            LOCATION

   4-1     Home Properties 2000 Stock Benefit      Incorporated by reference to
           Plan                                    the Home Properties of
                                                   New York, Inc. Annual Report
                                                   on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                                                   year ended December 31, 1999

   4-2     Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by reference to
           of Articles of Incorporation of Home    the Home Properties of New
           Properties of New York, Inc.            York, Inc. Registration
                                                   Statement on Form S-11,
                                                   file No. 33-78862 (the "S-
                                                   11 Registration Statement")

     4-3   Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by reference to
                                                   the Form 8-K filed by Home
                                                   Properties of New York, Inc.
                                                   on July 2, 1999

      4-4  Amended and Restated Articles           Incorporated by reference to
           Supplementary of Series A Senior        the Home Properties of New
           Convertible Preferred Stock of Home     York, Inc. Registration
           Properties of New York, Inc.            Statement on Form S-3
                                                   File No. 333-93761, filed on
                                                   December 29, 1999

      4-5  Series B Convertible Cumulative         Incorporated by reference to
           Preferred Stock Articles Supplementary  the Home Properties of New
           to the Amended and Restated Articles    York, Inc. Registration
           of Incorporation of Home Properties     Statement on Form S-3
           of New York, Inc.                       File No. 333-92023

   4-6     Series C Convertible Cumulative         Incorporated by reference to
           Preferred Stock Articles                the Form 8-K filed by Home
           Supplementary to the Amended and        Properties of New York, Inc.
           Restated Articles of Incorporation      on May 22, 2000
           of Home Properties of New York, Inc.

   4-7     Amended and Restated By-laws of         Incorporated by reference to
           Home Properties of New York, Inc.       the Form 8-K filed by Home
                                                   Properties of New York, Inc.,
                                                   dated December 23, 1996

   5-1     Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP as to      Filed herewith
           legality of the Common Stock

   23-1    Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP            Contained in opinion filed
                                                   as Exhibit 5 to this
                                                   Registration Statement

   23-2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC,  Filed herewith
           independent accountants