U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Leenhouts                               Norman          P.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

1230 Fairway 18
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                                    (Street)

Macedon                                 New York        14502
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Home Properties of New York, Inc. (HME)

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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year

February 2002 (Amended)

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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

March 7, 2002
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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [x]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [x]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [x]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          01/08/02       G               2,520       D
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          01/11/02       G               1,000       D
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          01/30/02       G                   2       A
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/04/02       A               3,000       A
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/08/02       M               2,000       A     $25.125
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/08/02       M               1,814       A     $27.125
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/13/02       S               1,000       D     $33.02
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/13/02       S               8,000       D     $33.00    160,433        D
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          01/08/02       G               2,520       D
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          02/13/02       S               1,007       D     $33.07    0              I spouse
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Common Stock, Par value $.01          01/08/02       G               2,520       A               10,102         I shares in
                                                                                                                custodial account
                                                                                                                for minor grand-
                                                                                                                children (4)
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*    If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                            (Print or Type Response)                      (Over)




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Units of Limited    (1)      *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *       *        467       D
Partnership
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Units of Limited    (1)      *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *       *        4,005     I Leenhouts
Partnership                                                                                                          Ventures(2)
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Units of Limited    (1)      *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *       *        214,688   I Home
Partnership                                                                                                          Leasing(3)
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Units of Limited    (1)      *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *       *        50,000    I spouse
Partnership                                                                                                             (4)
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Option to Purchase  $26.50   *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *       *        15,000    D
Common Stock
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Option to Purchase  $25.1250 02/08/02 M               2,000  08/04/99 08/04/08 Common    2,000            6,000     D
Common Stock                                                                   Stock
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Option to Purchase  $27.1250 02/08/02 M               1,814  08/03/00 08/03/09 Common    1,814            48,186    D
Common Stock                                                                   Stock
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Option to Purchase  $31.3750 *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *                50,000    D
Common Stock
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Option to Purchase  $30.15   *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *                50,000    D
Common Stock
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Phantom Stock Unit  1-for-1  *        *    *    *     *      *        *        *         *                8,107(5)  D

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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 for cash.  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)  Norman Leenhouts is a general partner of Leenhouts Ventures.  Represents
his proportionate interest in that entity.

(3)  Norman Leenhouts is a director, shareholder and Chairman of Home Leasing
Corporation.  Represents his proportionate interest in that entity.

(4) 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.

(5)  Represents shares accrued through December 31, 2001 to the Reporting
Person's account pursuant to the Issuer's Deferred Bonus Plan.


/s/ Norman P. Leenhouts by Ann M. McCormick attorney-in-fact   August 30, 2002
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                       Date


**     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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Alternatively, this form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in
electronic format at the option of the Reporting Person pursuant to Rule 101(b)
(4) of Regulation S-T.
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