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* Smith Paul L. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 77 Babcock Drive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Rochester NY 14610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 November 27, 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)(1) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, Par value $.01 9,885 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * 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)(1) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $27.0625 * * * * * * * * * 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phanton Stock Units 1-for-1 11/27/02 A 133(2) (3) (3) Common 133 (2) 1,391 D Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: *Previously reported. (1) Represents shares beneficially held as of November 27, 2002. (2) Represents phantom stock units accrued to the Reporting Person's account pursuant to the Issuer's Director Deferred Compensation Plan at prices ranging from $30.15 to $32.29. Represents phantom stock units accrued in lieu of cash in payment of meeting and quarterly 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. (3) The Reporting Person's account will be paid in the form of the Issuer's common stock on or about the divided payment date following the 3rd, 5th or 10th anniversary of the deferral depending on the election of the Reporting Person. /s/ Paul L. Smith by Ann M. McCormick attorney-in-fact November 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