Exhibit 32.2

                            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  Community  Bank  System,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Scott
A. Kingsley,  Chief Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)   the Report fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
      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  results  of  operations  of the
      Company.


/s/ Scott A. Kingsley
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Scott A. Kingsley,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
March 15, 2006