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). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Helbig Leonard F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 201 Lincoln Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Cape May Point NJ 08212 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Home Properties of New York, Inc. (HME) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year September 25, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person 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 ================================================================================ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, Par value $.01 29,481(1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Series F Cumulative Redeemable 1,850 D Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * 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) ================================================================================ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $27.0625 * * * * * * * * * 3,500 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $25.6875 * * * * * * * * * 3,500 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $28.3125 * * * * * * * * * 2,700 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $31.3750 * * * * * * * * * 4,720 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $28.34 * * * * * * * * * 7,000 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $36.03 * * * * * * * * * 7,000 D Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phantom Stock Units 1-for-1 09/25/02 A 31(2) (3) (3) Common 31 $32.42 3,262 D Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: * Previously reported (1) Includes an additional 880 shares of common stock that are held in the Reporting Person's individual retirement account. Of the 880 shares: (i) 530 were acquired on May 13, 1997 and were correctly reported on a Form 4 filed on or about June 4, 1997; and (ii)350 shares were acquired on February 13, 1998 for $27.60 per share and should have been but were not reported on Form 5 for the period ending December 31, 1998. The 350 shares were also not included in column 5 of the subsequently filed Forms 4 and 5 and the 530 shares were not included in column 5 of the Form 5 for the period ending December 31, 2000 or on the Forms 4 and 5 filed thereafter. (2) Represents phantom stock units accrued to the Reporting Person's account in lieu of cash for meeting or quarterly stipend fees pursuant to the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan. (3) The Reporting Person's account will be paid in the form of the Issuer's common stock on or about the 3rd, 5th or 10th anniversary of the deferral depending on the election of the Reporting Person. /s/ Leonard F. Helbig by Ann M. McCormick, attorney-in-fact September 27,2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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. Page 2