EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                          AS ENACTED BY SECTION 906 OF
                         THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the accompanying  Quarterly Report of AMREP  Corporation
(the  "Company")  on Form  10-Q for the  period  ending  October  31,  2002 (the
"Report"),  each of the undersigned does hereby certify that, to the best of his
knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of  operation of the
Company.


                                                 /S/  Peter M. Pizza
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                                                 Peter M. Pizza
                                                 Title:  Chief Financial Officer


                                                 /S/  Michael P. Duloc
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                                                 Michael P. Duloc
                                                 Title:  *


                                                 /S/  James Wall
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                                                 James Wall
                                                 Title:  *

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*    The  Company  is a holding  company  which  does  substantially  all of its
     business through two wholly-owned  subsidiaries  (and their  subsidiaries).
     Those wholly-owned  subsidiaries are AMREP Southwest Inc. ("ASW") and Kable
     News Company,  Inc. ("Kable").  Mr. Wall is the principal executive officer
     of ASW,  and Mr. Duloc is the  principal  executive  officer of Kable.  The
     Company has no chief executive officer and its only executive  officers are
     James Wall and Peter M. Pizza.  Mr. Wall is a Senior Vice  President of the
     Company and Mr. Pizza is a Vice  President and Chief  Financial  Officer of
     the Company.