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  January 31, 2003 (the "Report")
each of the  undersigned  does hereby certify that, to the best of his knowledge
and subject to the resolution of the matter discussed in Note 2 to the financial
statements:

     (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 operations of the
Company.

                                                  /s/Peter M.Pizza
                                                  ----------------
                                                  Peter M. Pizza
                                                  Title: Chief Financial Officer

                                                  /s/Michael P. Duloc
                                                  -------------------
                                                  Michael P. Duloc
                                                  Title: *

                                                  /s/James Wall
                                                  -------------
                                                  James Wall
                                                  Title: *

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* The Company is a holding  company  which does 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 Messrs.  Wall and 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.