<PAGE>
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1996

                                                    Registration No. 33-

                      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.
                     1994 STOCK BENEFIT PLAN, AS AMENDED
                           (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, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP
                              900 Clinton Square
                          Rochester, New York 14604
                                (716) 263-1000
___________________________________________________________________________
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       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
- ----------       ----------     ----------     ----------     --------------
<S>              <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Common Stock     1,000,000**    $20.4375       $20,437,500    $7,047.41
$.01 par value
</TABLE>
*      Inserted solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
       pursuant to Rule 457(h) and based upon the average of the high and low
       prices for the registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
       reported as of June 6, 1996.
<PAGE>

**     Shares to be issued pursuant to stock options or restricted stock
awards, or in settlement of stock appreciation rights, granted under the
registrant's 1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended.

       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 for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, 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, 1995, including specifically, but not limited
to, the Company's Form 8-K dated January 9, 1996 and Form 8-K/A
dated March 14, 1996.

       (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 or the
Company's 1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended (the "Plan")
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 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.

       The legality of the Plan and Common Stock has been passed
upon by Ann M. McCormick, Esq., Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel of the Company. Mrs. McCormick is eligible to
participate in the Plan and currently holds options to acquire
15,000 shares of Common Stock, of which options to acquire 3,000
shares of Common Stock are vested and presently exercisable.
Mrs. McCormick also owns one share of Common Stock of the Company
and 2,302 limited partnership units in Home Properties of New
York, L.P.

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.

     (h)  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 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 7th day of June, 1996.

                                HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.



                                     /s/ Norman Leenhouts

                                By:  ----------------------------
                                     Norman P. Leenhouts
                                     Chairman and Co-Chief
                                     Executive Officer


                                     /s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts

                                By:  ----------------------------
                                     Nelson B. Leenhouts
                                     President and Co-Chief
                                     Executive Officer


KNOWN 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 unto 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.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<PAGE>

SIGNATURE                            TITLE                         DATE

  /s/ Norman P. Leenhouts       Director, Chairman             June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       and Co-Chief Executive
      Norman P. Leenhouts       Officer (Principal
                                Executive Officer)

  /s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts       Director, President            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       and Co-Chief Executive
      Nelson B. Leenhouts       Officer (Principal
                                Executive Officer)

  /s/ Richard J. Crossed        Director, Executive            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Vice President
      Richard J. Crossed

  /s/ Amy L. Tait               Director, Executive            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Vice President and
      Amy L. Tait               Chief Operating Officer

  /s/ David P. Gardner          Vice President,                June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Chief Financial
      David P. Gardner          Officer and Treasurer
                                (Principal Financial
                                and Accounting Officer)

  /s/ Burton S. August          Director                       June 11, 1996
- -------------------------
      Burton S. August, Sr.

  /s/ William Balderston, III   Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      William Balderston, III

  /s/ Leonard F. Helbig, III    Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Leonard F. Helbig, III

  /s/ Roger W. Kober            Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Roger W. Kober

  /s/ Clifford W. Smith, Jr.    Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  /s/ Paul L. Smith             Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Paul L. Smith
<PAGE>
                              EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.           Description                        Location

4-1         Home Properties of New York, Inc.       Included as part of
            1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended     the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

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

4-3         Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by
            of Articles of Incorporation of         reference
            Home Properties of New York, Inc.       to the S-11
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

4-4         Amended and Restated By-laws of         Incorporated by
            Home Properties of New York, Inc.       reference to the
                                                    S-11 Registration
                                                    Statement


5           Opinion of Ann M. McCormick, Esq.       Included as part of
            as to legality of Common Stock          the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

23-1        Consent of Ann M. McCormick, Esq.       Contained in opinion
                                                    filed as Exhibit 5
                                                    to this Registration
                                                    Statement

23-2        Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,    Included as part of
            independent accountants                 the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1996

                                                    Registration No. 33-

                      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.
                     1994 STOCK BENEFIT PLAN, AS AMENDED
                           (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, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle 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     1,000,000**    $20.4375       $20,437,500    $7,047.41
$.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 high and low
       prices for the registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
       reported as of June 6, 1996.
**     Shares to be issued pursuant to stock options or restricted stock
awards, or in settlement of stock appreciation rights, granted under the
registrant's 1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended.

       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 for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, 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, 1995, including specifically, but not limited
to, the Company's Form 8-K dated January 9, 1996 and Form 8-K/A
dated March 14, 1996.

       (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 or the
Company's 1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended (the "Plan")
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 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.

       The legality of the Plan and Common Stock has been passed
upon by Ann M. McCormick, Esq., Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel of the Company. Mrs. McCormick is eligible to
participate in the Plan and currently holds options to acquire
15,000 shares of Common Stock, of which options to acquire 3,000
shares of Common Stock are vested and presently exercisable.
Mrs. McCormick also owns one share of Common Stock of the Company
and 2,302 limited partnership units in Home Properties of New
York, L.P.

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.

     (h)  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 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 7th day of June, 1996.

                                HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.

                                     /s/ Norman Leenhouts

                                By:  ----------------------------
                                     Norman P. Leenhouts
                                     Chairman and Co-Chief
                                     Executive Officer

                                     /s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts

                                By:  ----------------------------
                                     Nelson B. Leenhouts
                                     President and Co-Chief
                                     Executive Officer

KNOWN 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 unto 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.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                            TITLE                         DATE

  /s/ Norman P. Leenhouts       Director, Chairman             June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       and Co-Chief Executive
      Norman P. Leenhouts       Officer (Principal
                                Executive Officer)

  /s/ Nelson B. Leenhouts       Director, President            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       and Co-Chief Executive
      Nelson B. Leenhouts       Officer (Principal
                                Executive Officer)

  /s/ Richard J. Crossed        Director, Executive            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Vice President
      Richard J. Crossed

  /s/ Amy L. Tait               Director, Executive            June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Vice President and
      Amy L. Tait               Chief Operating Officer

  /s/ David P. Gardner          Vice President,                June 11, 1996
- -------------------------       Chief Financial
      David P. Gardner          Officer and Treasurer
                                (Principal Financial
                                and Accounting Officer)

  /s/ Burton S. August          Director                       June 11, 1996
- -------------------------
      Burton S. August, Sr.

  /s/ William Balderston, III   Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      William Balderston, III

  /s/ Leonard F. Helbig, III    Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Leonard F. Helbig, III

  /s/ Roger W. Kober            Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Roger W. Kober

  /s/ Clifford W. Smith, Jr.    Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Clifford W. Smith, Jr.

  /s/ Paul L. Smith             Director                       June 11, 1996
- -----------------------------
      Paul L. Smith
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.           Description                        Location

4-1         Home Properties of New York, Inc.       Included as part of
            1994 Stock Benefit Plan, as Amended     the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

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

4-3         Articles of Amendment and Restatement   Incorporated by
            of Articles of Incorporation of         reference
            Home Properties of New York, Inc.       to the S-11
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

4-4         Amended and Restated By-laws of         Incorporated by
            Home Properties of New York, Inc.       reference to the
                                                    S-11 Registration
                                                    Statement

5           Opinion of Ann M. McCormick, Esq.       Included as part of
            as to legality of Common Stock          the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement

23-1        Consent of Ann M. McCormick, Esq.       Contained in opinion
                                                    filed as Exhibit 5
                                                    to this Registration
                                                    Statement

23-2        Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,    Included as part of
            independent accountants                 the electronic
                                                    submission of this
                                                    Registration
                                                    Statement