UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 10-K

[X] Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
          (Fee Required) For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2002
                                       Or
[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
                                (No Fee Required)

   For the transition period from ____________________ to ____________________

                         Commission file number 0-10592

                              TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
      NEW YORK                                          14-1630287
 (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation or organization)

5 SARNOWSKI DRIVE, GLENVILLE, NEW YORK                             12302
  (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (518) 377-3311

                Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


      Title of each class                 Name of exchange on which registered
      -------------------                  ------------------------------------
             None                                           None


                Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


                          Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value
                                (Title of class)
                                 --------------

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes.(x) No.( )

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.[ X ]

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an  accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).Yes(x) No.( )


           Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the
registrant's classes of common stock:
                                         Number of Shares Outstanding
      Class of Common Stock                  as of March 17, 2003
           $1 Par Value                             74,267,205

The aggregate market value of registrant's common stock (based upon the closing
price on March 17, 2003) held by non-affiliates was approximately $761,238,851.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:(1)  Portions of registrant's Annual Report
to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002(Part I and Part II).

                                    (2)   Portions of registrant's Proxy
                                          Statement filed for its Annual
                                          Meeting of Shareholders to be
                                          held May 19, 2003 (Part III).


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                                      INDEX



Description                                                                Page

PART I
      Item 1              Business                                            1
      Item 2              Properties                                          8
      Item 3              Legal Proceedings                                   8
      Item 4              Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security         8
                               Holders

PART II
      Item 5              Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and      10
                               Related Stockholder Matters
      Item 6              Selected Financial Data                            10
      Item 7              Management's Discussion and Analysis of            10
                               Financial Condition and Results of Operations
      Item 7A             Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about     11
                               Market Risk
      Item 8              Financial Statements and Supplementary Data        11
      Item 9              Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants      11
                               On Accounting and Financial Disclosure

PART III
      Item 10             Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant     11
      Item 11             Executive Compensation                             11
      Item 12             Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners    11
                               and Management
      Item 13             Certain Relationships and Related Transactions     11
      Item 14             Controls and Procedures                            12

PART IV
      Item 15             Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and       12
                               Reports on Form 8-K

                          Signatures                                         17


EXHIBITS INDEX                                                               21





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                                     PART I

Item 1.                   Business

General

TrustCo Bank Corp NY ("TrustCo" or the  "Company") is a savings and loan holding
company having its principal place of business at 5 Sarnowski Drive,  Glenville,
New York 12302.  TrustCo was incorporated  under the laws of New York in 1981 to
acquire all of the  outstanding  stock of Trustco  Bank,  National  Association,
formerly known as Trustco Bank New York, and prior to that The Schenectady Trust
Company.  On July 28, 2000 TrustCo acquired Landmark  Financial Corp. (now known
as  Trustco  Financial  Corp.)  and  its  subsidiary  Landmark  Community  Bank,
Canajoharie,  New York, a federal savings bank with assets of approximately  $26
million.  Landmark Community Bank was subsequently renamed Trustco Savings Bank,
and, on November  15, 2002,  Trustco  Savings  Bank and Trustco  Bank,  National
Association  merged under the charter of Trustco  Savings  Bank. In that merger,
the resulting  bank changed its name to Trustco Bank  (sometimes  referred to in
this report as the "Bank").

Through policy and practice,  TrustCo continues to emphasize that it is an equal
opportunity  employer.  There were 488 full-time equivalent employees of TrustCo
at year-end 2002.  TrustCo had 13,621  shareholders of record as of December 31,
2002 and the closing price of the TrustCo common stock at that date was $10.78.

Subsidiaries
Trustco Bank
Trustco Bank is a federal  savings bank  engaged in  providing  general  banking
services to individuals,  partnerships,  and corporations.  The Bank operates 56
automatic teller machines and 62 banking offices in Albany, Columbia,  Dutchess,
Greene,  Rensselaer,   Rockland,  Saratoga,   Schenectady,   Schoharie,  Warren,
Washington and Westchester  counties of New York State and Bennington  County in
Vermont.  The largest part of such business  consists of accepting  deposits and
making loans and  investments.  The Bank  provides a wide range of both personal
and business  banking  services.  The Bank is  supervised  and  regulated by the
federal  Office of Thrift  Supervision  ("OTS")  and is a member of the  Federal
Reserve  System.  Its  deposits  are  insured by the Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation  ("FDIC") to the extent permitted by law. An operating subsidiary of
the Bank, Trustco Realty Corp., holds certain mortgage assets which are serviced
by the  Bank.  The  Bank  accounted  for  substantially  all of  TrustCo's  2002
consolidated net income and average assets.

The trust  department  of the Bank  serves as executor of estates and trustee of
personal trusts, provides estate planning and related advice, provides custodial
services,  and acts as trustee for various  types of employee  benefit plans and
corporate  pension and profit sharing trusts.  The aggregate market value of the
assets under trust,  custody,  or management of the trust department of the Bank
was approximately $897 million as of December 31, 2002.

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The daily  operations  of the Bank  remain  the  responsibility  of its Board of
Directors and officers,  subject to the overall supervision by TrustCo.  TrustCo
derives most of its income from  dividends  paid to it by the Bank. The accounts
of the Bank are included in TrustCo's consolidated financial statements.

Trustco Financial Corp.
Trustco  Financial Corp. is a wholly owned  subsidiary of the Company and is the
immediate  parent  company of Trustco  Bank.  The accounts of Trustco  Financial
Corp. are included in TrustCo's consolidated financial statements.

ORE Subsidiary
During 1993,  TrustCo created ORE Subsidiary Corp., a New York  corporation,  to
hold and manage certain foreclosed properties acquired by the Bank. The accounts
of this subsidiary are included in TrustCo's consolidated financial statements.

Competition
TrustCo  faces  strong  competition  in its  market  areas,  both in  attracting
deposits and making loans.  The Company's most direct  competition for deposits,
historically,  has come from commercial banks, savings associations,  and credit
unions that are located or have branches in those areas.  The Company also faces
competition for deposits from national brokerage houses, short-term money market
funds, and other corporate and government  securities  funds.  Factors affecting
the  acquisition  of deposits  include  pricing,  office  locations and hours of
operation,  the variety of deposit accounts offered, and the quality of customer
service provided. Competition for loans has been especially keen during the last
five years.  Commercial banks, local thrift  institutions,  traditional mortgage
brokers  affiliated  with local offices,  and nationally  franchised real estate
brokers are all active and aggressive competitors.  The Company competes in this
environment by providing a full range of financial services based on a tradition
of  financial  strength and  integrity  dating from its  inception.  The Company
competes  for loans,  principally  through the  interest  rates and loan fees it
charges, and the efficiency and quality of services it provides to borrowers.

TrustCo  operates in a number of communities  where the competition  ranges from
other  locally  based  commercial  and savings  banks to branches of the largest
financial institutions in the United States. In the Capital District area of New
York  State,  TrustCo's  principal  competitors  are local  operations  of super
regional  banks,  branch  offices  of money  center  banks,  and  locally  based
commercial and savings  banks.  The Bank is the largest  depository  institution
headquartered in the Capital District area.

Supervision and Regulation
Banking is a highly regulated industry, with numerous federal and state laws and
regulations  governing  the  organization  and  operation  of  banks  and  their
affiliates.  As a  registered  savings and loan holding  company  under the Home
Owners' Loan Act (the "Act"),  TrustCo is regulated and examined by the OTS. The
Act requires TrustCo to obtain prior OTS approval for acquisitions and restricts
the business operations permitted to TrustCo.  Because the FDIC provides deposit
insurance  to the  Bank,  the  Bank  is  also  subject  to its  supervision  and
regulation  even though the FDIC is not its primary federal  regulator.  Most of
TrustCo's  revenues  consist  of cash  dividends  paid to  TrustCo  by the Bank,
payment of which is subject to various  regulatory  limitations.  (Note 1 to the
consolidated  financial  statements  contained  in  TrustCo's  Annual  Report to
Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2002, which appears on pages 32 and
33 thereof and contains information concerning restrictions on TrustCo's ability
to pay dividends,  is hereby  incorporated  by reference.)  Compliance  with the
standards set forth in the OTS rules regarding  capital  distribution by savings
associations  and savings  banks could also limit the amount of  dividends  that
TrustCo may pay to its  shareholders.  The banking  industry is also affected by
the  monetary  and fiscal  policies of the  federal  government,  including  the
Reserve  Board,   which  exerts   considerable   influence  over  the  cost  and
availability of funds obtained for lending and investing.

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See Note 15 to the  consolidated  financial  statements  contained  in TrustCo's
Annual  Report to  Shareholders  for the year ended  December  31,  2002,  which
appears  on page 42  thereof  and  contains  information  concerning  regulatory
capital requirements.

The following summary of laws and regulations  applicable to the Company and the
Bank is not intended to be a complete  description of those laws and regulations
or their  effects  on the  Company  and the  Bank,  and it is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to the  particular  statutory  and  regulatory  provisions
described.

Holding Company Activities
The  activities  of savings and loan holding  companies are governed by the Act.
Since TrustCo became a savings and loan holding  company in 2002, its activities
are  limited  to those  permissible  for  "multiple"  savings  and loan  holding
companies  (that is,  savings and loan  holding  companies  owning more than one
savings association  subsidiary) as of March 5, 1987,  activities  permitted for
bank holding  companies as of November 12, 1999 and activities  permissible  for
"financial   holding   companies"   (which  are   described   below).   "Savings
associations"  include  federal  savings  banks such as the Bank.  TrustCo  must
obtain approval from the appropriate  bank regulatory  agencies before acquiring
control of any insured depository institution.

Regulatory Capital Requirements
OTS  capital   regulations  require  thrifts  to  satisfy  three  capital  ratio
requirements:  tangible capital,  Tier 1 core (leverage) capital, and risk-based
capital. In general, an association's  tangible capital,  which must be at least
1.5% of  adjusted  total  assets,  is the  sum of  common  shareholders'  equity
adjusted for the effects of other  comprehensive  income ("OCI"),  less goodwill
and other disallowed  assets.  An association's  ratio of Tier 1 core capital to
adjusted total assets (the "core capital" or "leverage"  ratio) must be at least
3% for the most highly  rated  associations  and 4% for others.  Higher  capital
ratios may be required if  warranted  by the  particular  circumstances  or risk
profile of a given  association.  Under the risk-based  capital  requirement,  a
savings  association  must have total capital  (core capital plus  supplementary
capital)  equal to at least 8% of  risk-weighted  assets.  Tier 1  capital  must
represent at least 50% of total  capital and consists of core capital  elements,
which   include   common   shareholders'   equity,    qualifying   noncumulative
nonredeemable  perpetual  preferred stock, and minority  interests in the equity
accounts of consolidated  subsidiaries,  but exclude  goodwill and certain other
intangible   assets.   Supplementary   capital  mainly  consists  of  qualifying
subordinated debt and portions of allowance for loan losses.

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The above capital  requirements are viewed as minimum  standards by the OTS. The
OTS regulations also specify minimum  requirements for a savings  association to
be  considered  a  "well-capitalized  institution"  as  defined  in the  "prompt
corrective  action"  regulation  described below. A  "well-capitalized"  savings
association must have a total risk-based capital ratio of 10% or greater,  and a
leverage ratio of 5% or greater. Additionally, to qualify as a "well-capitalized
institution," a savings association's Tier 1 risk-based capital, defined as core
capital plus supplementary capital less portions of the association's  allowance
for loan losses, must be equal to at least 6% of risk-weighted  assets.  Trustco
Bank  currently   meets  all  of  the   requirements   of  a   "well-capitalized
institution."

The OTS regulations  contain prompt  corrective  action  provisions that require
certain  mandatory  remedial actions and authorize  certain other  discretionary
actions to be taken by the OTS against a savings  association  that falls within
specified categories of capital deficiency.  The relevant regulations  establish
five  categories  of  capital  classification  for this  purpose,  ranging  from
"well-capitalized"  or  "adequately  capitalized"  through   "undercapitalized,"
"significantly  undercapitalized" and "critically undercapitalized." In general,
the prompt corrective action regulations  prohibit an OTS-regulated  institution
from declaring any dividends, making any other capital distributions,  or paying
a management fee to a controlling  person,  such as its parent holding  company,
if, following the distribution or payment,  the institution  would be within any
of the three undercapitalized categories.

Community Reinvestment Act
The Community  Reinvestment  Act ("CRA") requires each savings  institution,  as
well as commercial banks and certain other lenders,  to identify the communities
served by the  institution's  offices  and to  identify  the types of credit the
institution  is  prepared  to  extend  within  those  communities.  The CRA also
requires the OTS to assess an  institution's  performance  in meeting the credit
needs  of  its  identified  communities  as  part  of  its  examination  of  the
institution,  and to take  such  assessments  into  consideration  in  reviewing
applications with respect to branches,  mergers and other business combinations,
including acquisitions by savings and loan holding companies.  An unsatisfactory
CRA rating may be the basis for denying such an application and community groups
have successfully  protested applications on CRA grounds. In connection with its
assessment  of CRA  performance,  the OTS assigns CRA ratings of  "outstanding,"
"satisfactory," "needs to improve" or "substantial  noncompliance." The Bank was
rated  "satisfactory"  in its last CRA  examination.  Institutions are evaluated
based on:  (i)  performance  in  lending  in their  assessment  areas;  (ii) the
provision of deposit and other community services in their assessment areas; and
(iii)  the  investment  in   housing-related   and  other  qualified   community
investments.  An institution that is found to be deficient in its performance in
meeting its  community's  credit  needs may be subject to  enforcement  actions,
including cease and desist orders and civil money penalties.

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Qualified Thrift Lender Test
Like all  OTS-regulated  institutions,  the Bank is required to meet a qualified
thrift lender  ("QTL") test to avoid  certain  restrictions  on its  operations,
including  restrictions  on its ability to branch  interstate  and the Company's
mandatory  registration as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956. A savings  association  satisfies the QTL test if: (i) on a monthly
average basis in at least nine months out of each twelve month period,  at least
65% of a specified  asset base of the savings  association  consists of loans to
small  businesses,  credit  card loans,  educational  loans,  or certain  assets
related to domestic  residential  real estate,  including  residential  mortgage
loans and mortgage securities; or (ii) at least 60% of the savings association's
total assets  consist of cash,  U.S.  government  or  government  agency debt or
equity  securities,  fixed assets,  or loans secured by deposits,  real property
used for residential,  educational, church, welfare, or health purposes, or real
property in certain  urban renewal  areas.  The Bank is currently and expects to
remain in compliance with QTL standards.

Federal Reserve System
Federal  Reserve Board  regulations  require  savings  institutions  to maintain
non-interest  bearing reserves against their transaction  accounts.  The reserve
for  transaction  accounts  as of  December  31,  2002 was 0% of the first  $5.5
million of such accounts,  3% of the next $35.6 million of such accounts and 10%
(subject to adjustment  by the Federal  Reserve Board between 8% and 14%) of the
balance of such accounts.  The Bank is in compliance with these  requirements as
of December 31, 2002.

Recent Legislation
On November 12, 1999,  the  Gramm-Leach-Bliley  Act of 1999  (the"GLB  Act") was
signed  into law.  The GLB Act made  significant  changes to the  operations  of
financial services companies.  It repealed key provisions of the "Glass-Steagall
Act" by repealing prohibitions on affiliations among banks, securities firms and
insurance  companies.  It  authorizes a broad range of financial  services to be
conducted  by  these  types  of  companies  within  a new  structure  known as a
"financial  holding company." A financial holding company may engage in a number
of activities deemed to be new activities,  such as securities  underwriting and
dealing  activities,  insurance  underwriting  and  sales  activities,  merchant
banking and equity investment  activities,  and "incidental" and "complementary"
non-financial  activities.  While the GLB Act  specifies  so-called  "functional
regulation,"  various federal and state regulators have continued authority over
certain activities of financial holding companies and other regulated  financial
institutions.

The GLB Act  establishes  a  federal  right  to the  confidential  treatment  of
nonpublic personal information about consumers.  These provisions of the GLB Act
require disclosure of privacy policies to consumers and, in some  circumstances,
will allow consumers to prevent disclosure of certain personal  information to a
nonaffiliated  third party.  Compliance with the rules was mandatory starting on
July 1, 2001. These rules affect how consumer information is transmitted through
diversified  financial  companies and conveyed to outside  vendors.  Because the
Company does not sell  customer  information  or give  customer  information  to
outside third parties or its affiliates except under very limited  circumstances
(e.g.,  providing customer information to the Company's data processing provider
or to third party  providers of financial  services under narrow joint marketing
arrangements),  the rules  have not had a  significant  impact on the  Company's
results of operations or financial condition.

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On  October  26,  2001,  President  Bush  signed  into law the USA  PATRIOT  Act
("Patriot Act"). The Patriot Act includes numerous  provisions designed to fight
international  money  laundering  and to  block  terrorist  access  to the  U.S.
financial  system.  Implementation of regulations to implement the Act have been
postponed by the Department of the Treasury,  which has required additional time
to  study  certain  industries  for  implementation  of  anti-money   laundering
regulations.  However, it is not anticipated that adoption of the regulations as
presently  proposed  will  have a  significant  adverse  impact  on  the  Bank's
operations.

On July 30, 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  ("Sarbanes-Oxley")  was signed
into law.  Sarbanes-Oxley  implemented  legislative  reforms intended to address
corporate  and  accounting  fraud  and  contains  reforms  of  various  business
practices and numerous aspects of corporate  governance.  For example,  this new
legislation  addresses  accounting  oversight and corporate  governance matters,
including:  the  creation of a  five-member  oversight  board  appointed  by the
Securities and Exchange  Commission that will set and enforce auditing,  quality
control and independence  standards for accountants and have  investigative  and
disciplinary  powers;  increased   responsibilities  and  codified  requirements
relating to audit  committees  of public  companies and how they interact with a
company's  public  accounting  firm; the  prohibition  of accounting  firms from
providing  various types of consulting  services to public clients and requiring
accounting firms to rotate partners among public client  assignments  every five
years;  expanded  disclosure of corporate  operations and internal  controls and
certification  by chief executive  officers and chief financial  officers to the
accuracy of periodic  reports  filed with the SEC;  and  prohibitions  on public
company  insiders  from  trading  during  retirement  plan  "blackout"  periods,
restrictions  on  loans to  company  executives  and  enhanced  controls  on and
reporting of insider trading.

Although  the  Company  anticipates  that it will  incur  additional  expense in
complying with the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley  and the resulting  regulations,
management  does not expect that such  compliance will have a material impact on
the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

Foreign Operations
Neither  TrustCo  nor the Bank  engage in any  material  operations  in  foreign
countries or have any outstanding loans to foreign debtors.

Statistical Information Analysis
The "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" on pages 6 through 25 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for
the year ended December 31, 2002,  which contains a presentation  and discussion
of statistical  data relating to TrustCo,  is hereby  incorporated by reference.
This information  should not be construed to imply any conclusion on the part of
the management of TrustCo that the results,  causes, or trends indicated therein
will  continue in the future.  The nature and effects of  governmental  monetary
policy,  supervision and  regulation,  future  legislation,  inflation and other
economic  conditions  and  many  other  factors  which  affect  interest  rates,
investments,  loans,  deposits,  and other aspects of TrustCo's  operations  are
extremely complex and could make historical  operations,  earnings,  assets, and
liabilities not indicative of what may occur in the future.

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Critical Accounting Policies
Pursuant to recent SEC  guidance,  management  of the Company is  encouraged  to
evaluate and disclose those  accounting  policies that are judged to be critical
policies,  or those most  important to the portrayal of the Company's  financial
condition  and  results  of  operations,  and  that  require  management's  most
difficult  subjective or complex judgments.  Management considers the accounting
policy  relating to the  allowance  for loan losses to be a critical  accounting
policy given the inherent  subjectivity and uncertainty in estimating the levels
of the  allowance  required  to cover  credit  losses in the  portfolio  and the
material  effect  that such  judgments  can have on the  results of  operations.
Included  in  Note 1 to  the  consolidated  financial  statements  contained  in
TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders is a description of this critical policy
and the other significant  accounting  policies that are utilized by the Company
in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Availability of Reports
This annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form
10-Q,  current  reports on Form 8-K and all  amendments to those reports will be
available free of charge from our Internet site, www.trustcobank.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements  included in the  "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" of TrustCo's  Annual Report to Shareholders
for the year ended  December 31, 2002 and in future  filings by TrustCo with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission,  in TrustCo's press  releases,  and in oral
statements made with the approval of an authorized  executive  officer which are
not historical or current facts are  "forward-looking  statements" made pursuant
to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties  that could cause actual
results  to differ  materially  from  historical  earnings  and those  presently
anticipated or projected.  TrustCo wishes to caution  readers not to place undue
reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
made. The following important factors, among others, in some cases have affected
and in the  future  could  affect  TrustCo's  actual  results  and  could  cause
TrustCo's actual financial  performance to differ materially from that expressed
in any  forward-looking  statement:  (i) credit risk;  (ii)  interest rate risk;
(iii) competition;  (iv) changes in the regulatory environment;  and (v) changes
in general  business  and  economic  trends.  The  foregoing  list should not be
construed as exhaustive and the Company disclaims any obligation to subsequently
revise any  forward-looking  statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of such  statements  or to reflect the  occurrence  of  anticipated  or
unanticipated events.


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Item 2.                   Properties

TrustCo's  executive  offices are located at 5 Sarnowski Drive,  Glenville,  New
York,  12302. The Company operates 62 offices,  of which 23 are owned and 39 are
leased from others. The asset value of these properties,  when considered in the
aggregate, is not material to the operation of TrustCo.

In the opinion of  management,  the physical  properties of TrustCo and the Bank
are suitable and adequate and are being fully utilized.


Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

The  nature of  TrustCo's  business  generates  a certain  amount of  litigation
against TrustCo and its subsidiaries  involving  matters arising in the ordinary
course of  business.  In the  opinion of  management  of  TrustCo,  there are no
proceedings  pending to which TrustCo or any of its  subsidiaries is a party, or
of which its property is the subject which,  if determined  adversely to TrustCo
or such  subsidiaries,  would be material in relation to TrustCo's  consolidated
shareholders' equity and financial condition.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.



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Executive Officers of TrustCo

         The following is a list of the names and ages of the executive officers
of TrustCo and their business history for the past five years:

                                                                                                 Year First
Name, Age and                            Principal Occupations                                   Became
Position                                 Or Employment Since                                     Executive
With TrustCo                             January 1, 1998                                         of TrustCo
- ------------------------------------     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    
Robert T. Cushing, 47,                    President,  Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial        1994
President and                             Officer,   TrustCo   Bank  Corp  NY  since  2002.   Vice
Chief Executive Officer                   President  and Chief  Financial  Officer,  TrustCo  Bank
                                          Corp NY, 1994 to 2002. Senior Vice President and Chief
                                          Financial Officer, Trustco Bank since 1994. Director
                                          of TrustCo Bank Corp NY and Trustco Bank, 2001 and 2002.

Robert J. McCormick, 39,                  Vice  President,   TrustCo  Bank  Corp  NY  since  2000.        2000
Vice President                            President  and Chief  Executive  Officer,  Trustco  Bank
                                          since 2002.  Senior Vice  President,  Trustco Bank, 2001
                                          and  2002.  Administrative  Vice  President  of  Trustco
                                          Bank,  1997 to 2001.  Vice  President  of Trustco  Bank,
                                          1995 to 1997.  Robert J.  McCormick is the son of Robert
                                          A. McCormick, Chairman of TrustCo and Trustco Bank.

Nancy A. McNamara, 53,                    Vice  President,   TrustCo  Bank  Corp  NY  since  1992.        1991
Vice President                            Senior  Vice   President,   Trustco   Bank  since  1988.
                                          Director of TrustCo Bank Corp NY and
                                          Trustco Bank, 1991 to 2002.

Henry C. Collins, 48,                     Secretary,  TrustCo  Bank Corp NY since  February  2001.        1999
Secretary                                 Assistant Secretary, TrustCo Bank Corp NY, 1999 to 2001.
                                          Administrative Vice President and General Counsel,
                                          Trustco Bank since 1995.





Each executive officer is elected by the Board of Directors to serve until
election of his or her successor.

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                                     PART II

Item 5 Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Page 1 and page 47 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended
December 31, 2002,  are  incorporated  herein by  reference.  TrustCo had 13,670
shareholders  of record as of March 17, 2003, and the closing price of TrustCo's
common stock on that date was $10.25.

The following table provides information regarding securities authorized for
issuance under TrustCo's equity compensation plans.



- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
                                                                                                     Number of
                                                                                                     securities
                                           Number of                                                 remaining
                                       securities to be                                         available for future
                                          issued upon               Weighted-average               issuance under
                                          exercise of               exercise price of           equity compensation
                                          outstanding                  outstanding                plans (excluding
                                       options, warrants          options, warrants and         securities reflected
                                          and rights                     rights                    in column (a))
                                                                                                        (c)
         Plan category                        (a)                          (b)
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
Equity
compensation plans
                                                                                             
approved by                                6,645,820                      $8.11                       312,905
security holders
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
Equity
compensation plans
not approved by                              None                         None                          None
security holders
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------

Total                                      6,645,820                      $8.11                       312,905
- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------------



Item 6.  Selected Financial Data
Page 25 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December
31, 2002, is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Pages 6 through 27 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for
the year ended December 31, 2002, are incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Pages 18 through 20 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year
ended December 31, 2002, are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The consolidated financial statements, together with the report thereon of KPMG
LLP on pages 28 through 44 of TrustCo's Annual Report to Shareholders for the
year ended December 31, 2002, are incorporated herein by reference.


Item  9.  Changes  in and  Disagreements  with  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
Financial Disclosure
None.


                                    PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive  Officers of Registrant
The  information  under the  captions  "Information  on  TrustCo  Directors  and
Nominees" and  "Information on TrustCo  Executive  Officers Not Listed Above" on
pages 3 through 5, and Section 16(a) "Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance"
on pages 22 and 23, of TrustCo's Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held May 19, 2003, is incorporated  herein by reference.  The
required information regarding TrustCo's executive officers is contained in PART
I in the item captioned "Executive Officers of TrustCo."

Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information  under the captions  "TrustCo and Trustco Bank Executive Officer
Compensation" and "TrustCo  Retirement Plans" on pages 7 through 12 of TrustCo's
Proxy  Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 19,
2003, is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The  information  under the  captions  "Information  on  TrustCo  Directors  and
Nominees," and "Information on TrustCo Executive  Officers Not Listed Above," on
pages 3 through 6 and "Ownership Of TrustCo  Common Stock By Certain  Beneficial
Owners" on page 22 of TrustCo's  Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders  to be held May 19,  2003,  is  incorporated  herein by  reference.
Additional  information concerning the Company's equity compensation plan is set
forth in Item 5 hereof.


Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The information  under the caption  "Transactions  with TrustCo and Trustco Bank
Directors,  Executive  Officers and  Associates"  on page 22 of TrustCo's  Proxy
Statement  filed for its Annual Meeting of  Shareholders to be held May 19, 2003
is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 14. Controls and Procedures
Within the 90-day period prior to the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K,
an evaluation was carried out under the supervision  and with the  participation
of the Company's  management,  including the Chief  Executive  Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures.  Disclosure controls and procedures are procedures that are designed
with the objective of ensuring that information  required to be disclosed in the
Company's reports filed under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, such as this
Form 10-K,  is recorded,  processed,  summarized  and  reported  within the time
periods specified in the Securities and Exchange  Commission's  rules and forms.
Based on that  evaluation,  the Chief  Executive  Officer  and  Chief  Financial
Officer has concluded that the Company's  disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to satisfy the objectives  for which they are intended.  Subsequent to
the date of Management's  evaluation,  there were no significant  changes in the
Company's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly  affect
these  controls,  including any  corrective  actions with regard to  significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses.


                                     PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits,  Financial Statement  Schedules,  and Reports on Form 8-K The
following financial statements of TrustCo and its consolidated subsidiaries, and
the accountants' report thereon are incorporated herein by reference in item 8.


         Consolidated Statements of Condition -- December 31, 2002 and 2001.

         Consolidated Statements of Income -- Years Ended December 31, 2002,
2001, and 2000.

         Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity -- Years
Ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000.

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Years Ended December 31, 2002,
2001, and 2000.

         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

          Financial Statement  Schedules
          Not   Applicable.   All  required   schedules   for  TrustCo  and  its
          subsidiaries   have  been  included  in  the  consolidated   financial
          statements or related notes thereto.



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         The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference:*

     Reg            S-K            Exhibit            No.            Description
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3(i)a Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TrustCo Bank Corp NY,
dated July 27, 1993.

3(i)b  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY, dated May 28, 1996.

3(i)c  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY, dated May 19, 1997.

3(i)d  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY, dated May 18, 1999.

3(ii)a Amended and Restated  ByLaws of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated September 17,
2002.

10(a) Restated 1985 TrustCo Bank Corp NY Stock Option Plan.

10(b) Amended and Restated Trust For Deferred Benefits Provided under Employment
Agreements of Trustco Bank, National Association and TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated
September 18, 2001.

10(c) Amended and Restated Trust Under Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans
of Trustco Bank, National  Association and TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated September
18, 2001.

10(d) Amended and Restated Trustco Bank,  National  Association and TrustCo Bank
Corp NY Supplemental Retirement Plan, dated September 18, 2001.

10(e) Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY Performance  Bonus Plan,  dated
September 18, 2001.

10(f) Amended and Restated Trustco Bank, National Association  Executive Officer
Incentive Plan, dated September 18, 2001.

10(g) Amended and Restated Employment  Agreements Between Trustco Bank, National
Association,  TrustCo  Bank  Corp NY and each of Robert  T.  Cushing,  Robert J.
McCormick, and Nancy A. McNamara, dated September 18, 2001.

10(h)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY 1995 Stock Option Plan,  dated
September 18, 2001.

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10(i)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo  Bank Corp NY Directors  Stock Option Plan,
dated September 18, 2001.

10(j)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY  Directors  Performance  Bonus
Plan, dated September 18, 2001.

10(k)  Amended  and  Restated  Trustco  Bank,  National   Association   Deferred
Compensation Plan for Directors, dated September 18, 2001.

10(l) Consulting Agreement Between TrustCo Bank Corp NY and Robert A. McCormick

11 Computation of Net Income Per Common Share.
















- ----------------
*The exhibits included under Exhibit 10 constitute all management contracts,
compensatory plans and arrangements required to be filed as an exhibit to this
form pursuant to Item 15(c) of this report.



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The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Reg S-K
Exhibit No.        Description





13 Portions of Annual  Report to Security  Holders of TrustCo for the year ended
December 31, 2002.

21 List of Subsidiaries of TrustCo.

23 Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.

24 Power of Attorney.

99.1  Certification  Pursuant To 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002




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Reports on Form 8-K:


On November 19, 2002, TrustCo filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting the
declaration of a cash dividend.

On January 21, 2003, TrustCo filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting the
fourth quarter and year-end December 31, 2002 results.

On February 18, 2003, TrustCo filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting the
declaration of a cash dividend.





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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

         TrustCo Bank Corp NY

         By: /s/ Robert T. Cushing
         -----------------------
         Robert T. Cushing

         Chief Executive Officer and
         Chief Financial Officer


Date: March 26, 2003





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                      Certification Pursuant To Section 302
                        of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Robert T. Cushing, the principal executive officer and principal financial
officer of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of TrustCo Bank Corp NY;

2.  Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  report  does not  contain  any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made,  not  misleading  with  respect to the period  covered by this annual
report;

3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included  in this annual  report,  fairly  present in all  material
respects the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

4.  The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

a) designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures  to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others  within those  entities,  particularly  during the
period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b) evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure  controls and
procedures  as of a date  within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual
report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

c) presented in this annual report our conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of
the  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  based  on our  evaluation  as of the
Evaluation Date;

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation,  to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) all significant  deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls
which  could  adversely  affect the  registrant's  ability  to record,  process,
summarize and report  financial data and have  identified  for the  registrant's
auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

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b) any  fraud,  whether  or not  material,  that  involves  management  or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I have  indicated in this
annual report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.






     Date:  March 26, 2003

     /s/ Robert T. Cushing
     ------------------
     Robert T. Cushing

     Chief Executive Officer and
     Chief Financial Officer





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Signatures

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature                                  Title                Date

                  *                        Director             March 26,  2003
- --------------------------------------
Barton A. Andreoli

                  *                        Director              March 26, 2003
- --------------------------------------
Joseph Lucarelli

                  *                        Director              March 26, 2003
- --------------------------------------
Dr. Anthony J. Marinello

                  *                        Director              March 26, 2003
- --------------------------------------
Robert A. McCormick

                  *                        Director              March 26, 2003
- --------------------------------------
Dr. James H. Murphy

                   *                       Director              March 26, 2003
- ---------------------------------------
William D. Powers

                  *                        Director              March 26, 2003
- ----------------------------------------
William J. Purdy





                                                    By: /s/ Henry C. Collins
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                  *Henry C. Collins, as Agent
                                                 Pursuant to Power of Attorney





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Reg S-K                             Exhibits Index
Item 601
Exhibit No.                                                           Page  No.






                                 Exhibits Index

3(i)a Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TrustCo Bank Corp NY,
dated July 27, 1993,  filed as Exhibit 3(i)a to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Quarterly
Report on Form 10Q, for the quarter ended June 30, 1997, is incorporated  herein
by reference.

3(i)b  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY,  dated May 28, 1996,  filed as Exhibit  3(i)b to TrustCo Bank Corp
NY's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q,  for the quarter  ended June 30,  1997,  is
incorporated herein by reference.

3(i)c  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY,  dated May 19, 1997,  filed as Exhibit  3(i)c to TrustCo Bank Corp
NY's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q,  for the quarter  ended June 30,  1997,  is
incorporated herein by reference.

3(i)d  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY,  dated May 18, 1999,  filed on Exhibit  3(i)a to TrustCo Bank Corp
NY's  Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4,  Registration  No.  333-41168,  on October 3,
2000, is incorporated herein by reference.

3(ii)a Amended and Restated  ByLaws of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated September 17,
2002, filed as Exhibit 3(ii)a to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Quarterly Report on Form
10Q,  for the quarter  ended  September  30,  2002,  is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

10(a) Restated 1985 TrustCo Bank Corp NY Stock Option Plan as amended  effective
July 1, 1994,  filed as Exhibit 10(h) to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Annual Report on
Form 10K,  for the year ended  December  31,  1994,  is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

10(b) Amended and Restated Trust For Deferred Benefits Provided under Employment
Agreements of Trustco Bank, National Association and TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated
September  18,  2001 filed as Exhibit  10(b) to  TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's  Annual
Report on Form 10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001, is incorporated herein
by reference.

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10(c) Amended and Restated Trust Under Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans
of Trustco Bank, National  Association and TrustCo Bank Corp NY, dated September
18, 2001, filed as Exhibit 10(c) to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's Annual Report on Form
10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.

10(d) Amended and Restated Trustco Bank,  National  Association and TrustCo Bank
Corp NY Supplemental Retirement Plan, dated September 18, 2001, filed as Exhibit
10(f) to TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's Annual  Report on Form 10K,  for the year ended
December 31, 2001 is incorporated herein by reference.

10(e) Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY Performance  Bonus Plan,  dated
September  18,  2001,  filed as Exhibit  10(g) to TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's Annual
Report on Form 10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001 is incorporated  herein
by reference.

10(f) Amended and Restated Trustco Bank, National Association  Executive Officer
Incentive Plan, dated September 18, 2001, filed as Exhibit 10(h) to TrustCo Bank
Corp NY's Annual  Report on Form 10K,  for the year ended  December  31, 2001 is
incorporated herein by reference.

10(g) Amended and Restated Employment  Agreements Between Trustco Bank, National
Association,  TrustCo  Bank  Corp NY and each of Robert  T.  Cushing,  Robert J.
McCormick,  and Nancy A. McNamara,  dated  September 18, 2001,  filed as Exhibit
10(i) to TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's Annual  Report on Form 10K,  for the year ended
December 31, 2001 are incorporated herein by reference.

10(h)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY 1995 Stock Option Plan,  dated
September  18,  2001,  filed as Exhibit  10(k) to TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's Annual
Report on Form 10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001 is incorporated  herein
by reference.

10(i)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo  Bank Corp NY Directors  Stock Option Plan,
dated  September  18,  2001,  filed as Exhibit  10(l) to TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's
Annual Report on Form 10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001 is  incorporated
herein by reference.

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10(j)  Amended and Restated  TrustCo Bank Corp NY  Directors  Performance  Bonus
Plan, dated September 18, 2001, filed as Exhibit 10(m) to TrustCo Bank Corp NY's
Annual Report on Form 10K, for the year ended December 31, 2001 is  incorporated
herein by reference.

10(k)  Amended  and  Restated  Trustco  Bank  Deferred   Compensation  Plan  for
Directors,  dated  September  18, 2001, , filed as Exhibit 10(n) to TrustCo Bank
Corp NY's Annual  Report on Form 10K,  for the year ended  December  31, 2001 is
incorporated herein by reference.

10(l) Consulting Agreement Between TrustCo Bank Corp NY and Robert A. McCormick,
dated  October  11,  2002,  filed as  Exhibit  10(a) to  TrustCo  Bank Corp NY's
Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q,  for the  quarter  ended  September  30,  2002 is
incorporated herein by reference.

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11 Computation  of Net Income Per Common Share.  Note 12 on page 41 of TrustCo's
Annual  Report  to  Shareholders  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2002  is
incorporated herein by reference.

13 Portions of Annual  Report to Security  Holders of TrustCo for the year ended
December 31, 2002 are filed herewith.

99.1  Certification  Pursuant To 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is filed herewith.


                                GRAPHICS APPENDIX
                                                                        Cross
                                                                      Reference
                                                                        To Page
                                                                      Of Annual
                  Omitted Charts                                        Report


                  1  Return on Equity                                        6

                  2  Taxable Equivalent Net Interest
                        Income                                               8

                  3  Dividends Per Share                                    15

                  4  Allowance for Loan Losses                              17

                  5  Allowance to Loans
                      Outstanding                                           17

                  6  Efficiency Ratio                                       21

                   The charts listed above were omitted from the EDGAR version
                   of Exhibit 13; however, the information depicted in the
                   charts was adequately discussed and/or displayed in the
                   tabular information within Management's Discussion and
                   Analysis section of the Annual Report.






  21              List of Subsidiaries of TrustCo, filed herewith

  23              Independent Auditors' Consent, filed herewith.

  24              Power of Attorney, filed herewith.




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  Exhibit 21


                         LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF TRUSTCO


Trustco Bank                                               Federally chartered
                                                           savings bank

ORE Subsidiary Corp.                                       New York corporation


Trustco Realty Corp.                                       New York corporation
(Subsidiary of Trustco Bank)

Trustco Financial Corp                                     Delaware corporation













Each subsidiary does business under its own name. The activities of each are
described in Part I, Item 1 of Form 10-K.




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                                                               Exhibit 23


 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
TrustCo Bank Corp NY:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the  registration  statements,  Form
S-8 (No. 33-43153), Form S-8 (No. 33-67176), Form S-8 (No. 333-78811),  and Form
S-3 (No. 333-75035) of TrustCo Bank Corp NY and subsidiaries of our report dated
January 17, 2003,  with respect to the  consolidated  statements of condition of
TrustCo Bank Corp NY and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the
related consolidated  statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  December 31,
2002,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K
of TrustCo Bank Corp NY.

                                                                 /s/ KPMG LLP


Albany, New York
March 26, 2003




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                                    Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned  persons do hereby appoint Henry C. Collins or Robert T. Cushing
as a true and lawful  Attorney In Fact for the sole  purpose of  affixing  their
signatures  to the 2001 Annual Report (Form 10-K) of TrustCo Bank Corp NY to the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/Barton A. Andreoli                           /s/ Joseph Lucarelli
- --------------------------                      ---------------------
Barton A. Andreoli                              Joseph Lucarelli

/s/  Anthony J. Marinello                       /s/ Robert A McCormick
- ---------------------------                     ---------------------
Dr. Anthony J. Marinello                        Robert A. McCormick

/s/  James H. Murphy                            /s/ Richard J. Murray, Jr.
- --------------------------                      ---------------------
Dr. James H. Murphy                             Richard J. Murray, Jr

/s/  William D. Powers                          /s/  William J. Purdy
- --------------------------                      --------------------------
William D. Powers.                              William J. Purdy







Sworn to before me this 18th day of February 2003.

/s/Joan Clark
- -------------------------
Notary Public

Joan Clark
Notary Public, State of New York
Qualified in Albany County
No. 01CL4822282
Commission Expires Nov. 30, 2006




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Exhibit 99.1

                                  Certification
                       Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


     In  connection  with  the  Annual  Report  of  TrustCo  Bank  Corp  NY (the
"Company")  on Form 10-K for the period  ending  December 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  the
undersigned  hereby  certifies  pursuant to 18 U.S. C. Section  1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:





1. The Report  fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section  13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


                                                By:/s/ Robert T. Cushing
                                                ---------------------------
                                                    Robert T. Cushing
                                              Chief Executive Officer and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer





March 26, 2003





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