------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Small . Albert H. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 7116 Glenbrook Road -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Bethesda MD 20814 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Home Properties of New York, Inc. (HME) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year February 27, 2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |x| Director |_| 10% Owner |_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line) |x| Form Filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 5. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. Number 10. of Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Stock $28.3125 * * * * * * * * * * 2,700 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Stock $31.3750 * * * * * * * * * * 4,720 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Stock $28.34 * * * * * * * * * * 7,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Stock $36.03 * * * * * * * * * 7,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Units of Limited Partnership (1) * * * * * * * * * 906,836 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Units of Limited By Partnership (1) * * * * * * * * * 100,000 I(3) Spouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Units of Limited By Partnership (1) * * * * * * * * * 32,072 I(2) Community Realty Company, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phantom Stock Common Units 1-for-1 02/27/03 A 688(4) (5) (5) Stock 688 (4) 4,029 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: * Previously Reported. (1) Units of Limited Partnership interests in Home Properties of New York, L.P. a New York limited partnership of which the Issuer is the General Partner. The Reporting Person has the right to redeem the Units. The Issuer may elect to acquire the Units to be redeemed for shares of Common Stock, at the rate of one Unit for one share of Common Stock or cash, at the option of the Issuer. (2) Represents Reporting Person's proportionate interest in the holdings of the entity. (3) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. (4) Represents phantom stock units accrued to the Reporting Person's account pursuant to the Issuer's Director Deferred Compensation Plan at prices ranging from $30.75 to $31.30 per share. Represents phantom stock units accrued in lieu of cash and restricted stock granted in payment of meeting and stipend fees, the Issuer's contribution to the account pursuant to the Plan and hypothetical shares accrued pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan. (5) The Reporting Person's account will be paid in the form of the Issuer's common stock on or about the dividend payment date following the 3rd, 5th or 10th anniversary of the deferral depending on the election of the Reporting Person. /s/ Albert H. Small, By Ann M. McCormick attorney-in-fact March 3, 2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2