As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999

                                            Registration No. 333-___________
==============================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ------------------------
                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ------------------------

                       RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                                          11-3383642   
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)


                             225 Broadhollow Road
                           Melville, New York 11747
                                (516) 719-7400
      (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
              code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                           ------------------------

            Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)
                            -----------------------

                               SCOTT H. RECHLER
                President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.
                             225 Broadhollow Road
                           Melville, New York 11747
                                (516) 719-7400
      (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                       area code, of agent for service)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 Title of Securities               Amount to            Proposed maximum         Proposed maximum      Amount of registration fee
  to be registered              be registered      offering price per unit     aggregate offering
                                                                                      price
   <S>                              <C>                      <C>                       <C>                        <C>    

   Common Stock, par value 
   $.01 per share............       3,700,376 (1)            $10.16  (2)               $37,595,820 (3)            $10,452  (4)


</TABLE>

(1)      Plus such additional  number of shares as may be required pursuant to
         the 1998  Stock  Option  Plan  with  respect  to which no  additional
         consideration  will be paid  (i) in the  event  of a stock  dividend,
         reverse   stock  split,   split  up,   recapitalization   or  capital
         adjustments   and  (ii)  that  are  issuable   pursuant  to  dividend
         equivalent  rights  relating to stock  options  issued under the 1998
         Stock Option Plan.
(2)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, 
         as amended (the "Securities Act").
(3)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
         based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock 
         reported in the  consolidated  reporting system for last reported 
         over-the-counter securities on April 27, 1999. 
(4)      In accordance with Rule 457(h), the filing fee is based on the 
         maximum number of the registrant's securities issuable under the 1998 
         Stock Option Plan that are covered by this Registration Statement.


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<PAGE>


                                    PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The  document(s)  containing the  information  specified in Part I of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act").
Such documents and the documents  incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof,  taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         Reckson Service Industries, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates
by reference the documents listed in (a), (b) and (c) below which have
previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         (a)   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
               December 31, 1998.

         (b)   The current reports on Form 8-K (including Form 8-KA) and filed 
               on January 19, 1999, January 25, 1999, March 24, 1999 and
               April 16, 1999, respectively.

         (c)   The  description of the Company's  Common Stock contained in
               the section  entitled  "Description of RSI Capital Stock" in
               the  Company's   registration  statement  on  Form  S-1,  as
               amended,   filed  on  January  16,  1998   pursuant  to  the
               Securities Act.

         In addition,  all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act  subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities  offered  have  been  sold  or  which  deregisters  all  securities
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part  hereof  from the date of  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the
extent that a statement  contained herein or in any other  subsequently  filed
document  which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein
modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any such  statement  so modified or
superseded  shall not be  deemed,  except as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the "Delaware Law") provides
that a corporation may limit the liability of each director to the corporation
or its  stockholders  for monetary  damages  except for  liability (i) for any
breach  of  the  director's   duty  of  loyalty  to  the  corporation  or  its
stockholders;  (ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good faith or that  involve
intentional  misconduct  or a knowing  violation  of law;  (iii) in respect of
certain unlawful dividend  payments or stock  redemptions or repurchases,  and
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper  personal
benefit.  The First  Amended and Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and
Bylaws of the Company (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation"
and "Bylaws",  respectively) provide for the elimination and limitation of the
personal  liability of  directors  of the Company for monetary  damages to the
fullest  extent  permitted by the Delaware  Law. In addition,  the Amended and
Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that if the Delaware
Law is amended to  authorize  the further  elimination  or  limitation  of the
liability  of a  director,  then  the  liability  of the  directors  shall  be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware Law, as
so amended.  The effect of this  provision is to  eliminate  the rights of the
Company or any stockholder to seek  non-monetary  relief such as an injunction
or  rescission  in the  event of a breach  of a  director's  duty of care.  In
addition,  the Bylaws  provide that the Company  shall,  to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware  Law, as amended  from time to time,  indemnify  and
advance  expenses  to each  of its  currently  acting  and  former  directors,
officers, members of the management advisory committee, employees and agents.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

3(a)*    Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

3(b)*    Bylaws of the Company.

3(c)**   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

4(a)*    Specimen Share Certificate of Common Stock.

4(b)     Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.

5(a)     Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.

23(a)    Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5(a)).

23(b)    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23(c)    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24       Power of Attorney (included on page 5).

*        Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 
(No. 333-44419) and incorporated herein by reference.

**       Previously filed as an exhibit to Annual Report on Form 10-K 
(No. 001-14183) and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS

         The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

         (a)(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
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  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 the 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)  That,  for  purposes  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to  Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered herein, and
the offering of such  securities at the 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 provisions referred to in Item 6 of
this  registration  statement,  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,  Reckson
Service  Industries,  Inc. certifies that is 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 Township of Huntington,  State
of New York, on April 28, 1999.

                               RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                               By: /s/ SCOTT H. RECHLER
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   (Scott H. Rechler)
                                   President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                   Director

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that we, the  undersigned  officers
and directors of Reckson Service Industries,  Inc. hereby severally constitute
Scott H. Rechler,  Mitchell D. Rechler,  and Michael Maturo,  and each of them
singly,  our true and lawful  attorneys  with full power to them,  and each of
them  singly,  to sign  for us and in our  names in the  capacities  indicated
below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to
said Registration Statement,  and generally to do all such things in our names
and in our  capacities  as officers and  directors to enable  Reckson  Service
Industries,  Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and  all  requirements  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  our  signatures  as they may be signed by our said
attorneys,  or any of them,  to said  Registration  Statement  and any and all
amendments thereto.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


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

<S>                                 <C>                                                                         <C>

/s/ SCOTT H. RECHLER                President, Chief Executive Officer and Director                             April 28, 1999
---------------------------
(Scott H. Rechler)

/s/ MICHAEL MATURO                  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director              April 28, 1999
---------------------------         (Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
(Michael Maturo)                    

/s/ DONALD J. RECHLER               Chairman of the Board and Director                                          April 28, 1999
---------------------
(Donald J. Rechler)

/s/ ROGER M. RECHLER                Member of Management Advisory Committee and Director                        April 28, 1999
---------------------------
(Roger M. Rechler)

/s/ MITCHELL D. RECHLER             Secretary, Member of Management Advisory Committee and                      April 28, 1999
-----------------------             Director
(Mitchell D. Rechler)               

/s/ GREGG M. RECHLER                Member of Management Advisory Committee and Director                        April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Gregg M. Rechler))

/s/ PAUL AMORUSO                    Director                                                                    April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Paul Amoruso)

/s/ RONALD COOPER                   Director                                                                    April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Ronald Cooper)

</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX





Exhibit No.                Description                                     Page
-----------                -----------                                     ----

3(a)*                      Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

3(b)*                      Bylaws of the Company.

3(c)**                     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 
                           of the Company.

4(a)*                      Specimen Share Certificate of Common Stock.

4(b)                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock 
                           Option Plan.                                      7

5(a)                       Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.                     19

23(a)                      Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of
                           Exhibit 5(a)).

23(b)                      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                    20

23(c)                      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.           21

24                         Power of Attorney (included on page 5).



*        Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form
S-11 (No. 333-44419) and incorporated herein by reference.

**       Previously filed as an exhibit to Annual Report on Form 10-K 
(No. 001-14183) and incorporated herein by reference.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999

                                            Registration No. 333-___________
==============================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ------------------------
                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ------------------------

                       RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                          11-3383642   
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                             225 Broadhollow Road
                           Melville, New York 11747
                                (516) 719-7400
      (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
              code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                           ------------------------

            Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)
                            -----------------------

                               SCOTT H. RECHLER
                President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.
                             225 Broadhollow Road
                           Melville, New York 11747
                                (516) 719-7400
      (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                       area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 Title of Securities               Amount to            Proposed maximum         Proposed maximum      Amount of registration fee
  to be registered              be registered      offering price per unit     aggregate offering
                                                                                      price
Common Stock, par value 
   $.01 per share............       3,700,376 (1)            $10.16  (2)               $37,595,820 (3)            $10,452  (4)
(1)      Plus such additional  number of shares as may be required pursuant to
         the 1998  Stock  Option  Plan  with  respect  to which no  additional
         consideration  will be paid  (i) in the  event  of a stock  dividend,
         reverse   stock  split,   split  up,   recapitalization   or  capital
         adjustments   and  (ii)  that  are  issuable   pursuant  to  dividend
         equivalent  rights  relating to stock  options  issued under the 1998
         Stock Option Plan.
(2)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, 
         as amended (the "Securities Act").
(3)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
         based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock 
         reported in the  consolidated  reporting system for last reported 
         over-the-counter securities on April 27, 1999. 
(4)      In accordance with Rule 457(h), the filing fee is based on the 
         maximum number of the registrant's securities issuable under the 1998 
         Stock Option Plan that are covered by this Registration Statement.

=============================================================================
PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The  document(s)  containing the  information  specified in Part I of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act").
Such documents and the documents  incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof,  taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         Reckson Service Industries, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates
by reference the documents listed in (a), (b) and (c) below which have
previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         (a)   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
               December 31, 1998.

         (b)   The current reports on Form 8-K (including Form 8-KA) and filed 
               on January 19, 1999, January 25, 1999, March 24, 1999 and
               April 16, 1999, respectively.

         (c)   The  description of the Company's  Common Stock contained in
               the section  entitled  "Description of RSI Capital Stock" in
               the  Company's   registration  statement  on  Form  S-1,  as
               amended,   filed  on  January  16,  1998   pursuant  to  the
               Securities Act.

         In addition,  all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act  subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities  offered  have  been  sold  or  which  deregisters  all  securities
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part  hereof  from the date of  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the
extent that a statement  contained herein or in any other  subsequently  filed
document  which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein
modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any such  statement  so modified or
superseded  shall not be  deemed,  except as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the "Delaware Law") provides
that a corporation may limit the liability of each director to the corporation
or its  stockholders  for monetary  damages  except for  liability (i) for any
breach  of  the  director's   duty  of  loyalty  to  the  corporation  or  its
stockholders;  (ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good faith or that  involve
intentional  misconduct  or a knowing  violation  of law;  (iii) in respect of
certain unlawful dividend  payments or stock  redemptions or repurchases,  and
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper  personal
benefit.  The First  Amended and Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and
Bylaws of the Company (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation"
and "Bylaws",  respectively) provide for the elimination and limitation of the
personal  liability of  directors  of the Company for monetary  damages to the
fullest  extent  permitted by the Delaware  Law. In addition,  the Amended and
Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that if the Delaware
Law is amended to  authorize  the further  elimination  or  limitation  of the
liability  of a  director,  then  the  liability  of the  directors  shall  be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware Law, as
so amended.  The effect of this  provision is to  eliminate  the rights of the
Company or any stockholder to seek  non-monetary  relief such as an injunction
or  rescission  in the  event of a breach  of a  director's  duty of care.  In
addition,  the Bylaws  provide that the Company  shall,  to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware  Law, as amended  from time to time,  indemnify  and
advance  expenses  to each  of its  currently  acting  and  former  directors,
officers, members of the management advisory committee, employees and agents.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

3(a)*    Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

3(b)*    Bylaws of the Company.

3(c)**   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

4(a)*    Specimen Share Certificate of Common Stock.

4(b)     Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.

5(a)     Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.

23(a)    Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5(a)).

23(b)    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23(c)    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24       Power of Attorney (included on page 5).

*        Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 
(No. 333-44419) and incorporated herein by reference.

**       Previously filed as an exhibit to Annual Report on Form 10-K 
(No. 001-14183) and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS

         The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

         (a)(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
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  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 the 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)  That,  for  purposes  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to  Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered herein, and
the offering of such  securities at the 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 provisions referred to in Item 6 of
this  registration  statement,  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,  Reckson
Service  Industries,  Inc. certifies that is 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 Township of Huntington,  State
of New York, on April 28, 1999.

                               RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                               By: /s/ SCOTT H. RECHLER
                                   --------------------------------------
                                   (Scott H. Rechler)
                                   President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                   Director

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that we, the  undersigned  officers
and directors of Reckson Service Industries,  Inc. hereby severally constitute
Scott H. Rechler,  Mitchell D. Rechler,  and Michael Maturo,  and each of them
singly,  our true and lawful  attorneys  with full power to them,  and each of
them  singly,  to sign  for us and in our  names in the  capacities  indicated
below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to
said Registration Statement,  and generally to do all such things in our names
and in our  capacities  as officers and  directors to enable  Reckson  Service
Industries,  Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and  all  requirements  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  our  signatures  as they may be signed by our said
attorneys,  or any of them,  to said  Registration  Statement  and any and all
amendments thereto.

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this
Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                                        Title                                                 Date
         ---------                                        -----                                                 -----
/s/ SCOTT H. RECHLER                President, Chief Executive Officer and Director                             April 28, 1999
---------------------------
(Scott H. Rechler)

/s/ MICHAEL MATURO                  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director              April 28, 1999
---------------------------         (Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
(Michael Maturo)                    

/s/ DONALD J. RECHLER               Chairman of the Board and Director                                          April 28, 1999
---------------------
(Donald J. Rechler)

/s/ ROGER M. RECHLER                Member of Management Advisory Committee and Director                        April 28, 1999
---------------------------
(Roger M. Rechler)

/s/ MITCHELL D. RECHLER             Secretary, Member of Management Advisory Committee and                      April 28, 1999
-----------------------             Director
(Mitchell D. Rechler)               

/s/ GREGG M. RECHLER                Member of Management Advisory Committee and Director                        April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Gregg M. Rechler))

/s/ PAUL AMORUSO                    Director                                                                    April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Paul Amoruso)

/s/ RONALD COOPER                   Director                                                                    April 28, 1999
--------------------
(Ronald Cooper)
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                Description                                     Page
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3(a)*                      Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

3(b)*                      Bylaws of the Company.

3(c)**                     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 
                           of the Company.

4(a)*                      Specimen Share Certificate of Common Stock.

4(b)                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock 
                           Option Plan.                                      7

5(a)                       Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.                     19

23(a)                      Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of
                           Exhibit 5(a)).

23(b)                      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.                    20

23(c)                      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.           21

24                         Power of Attorney (included on page 5).

*        Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form
S-11 (No. 333-44419) and incorporated herein by reference.

**       Previously filed as an exhibit to Annual Report on Form 10-K 
(No. 001-14183) and incorporated herein by reference.