SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K
                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                           The Securities Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                   May 3, 2002


                        HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                           Maryland 1-13136 16-1455126
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             (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
                 of incorporation) File No.) Identification No.)


                  850 Clinton Square, Rochester, New York 14604
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (585) 546-4900





                                 Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)






Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

       c.    Exhibits


         Exhibit 99.1   Press Release

         Exhibit 99.2   Supplemental Information

         Exhibit 99.3   First Quarter 2002 Earnings Conference Call Script
                        and text of slides

Item 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     On May 3,  2002,  the  Registrant  issued a press  release  announcing  its
results for the first  quarter of 2002.  The related  press  release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

     Attached  as Exhibit  99.2 is  information  supplemental  to the  financial
information contained in the May 3, 2002 press release.

     On May 3,  2002,  the  Registrant  held its  first  quarter  2002  investor
conference  call.  Also,  the conference  call included  slides shown during the
conference call, and the written  description of those slides is included in the
following  script from that  conference  call. The script of the conference call
and the text of the slides is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Form 8-K.


                                   SIGNATURES

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


Dated:  May 3, 2002                   HOME PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, INC.
                                      (Registrant)


                             By:      /s/ David P. Gardner
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                                      David P. Gardner, Senior Vice President