RCSB FINANCIAL INC
10-Q, 1996-07-12
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                                UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, DC  20549


                                  FORM 10-Q


          [  X  ]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

             For the quarterly period ended: MAY 31, 1996

                                      OR

         [     ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

           For the transition period from _________ to ___________

                      Commission File Number  0-17709


                             RCSB FINANCIAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           DELAWARE                                   16-1484699
(State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. employer identification number)
incorporation or organization)


235 EAST MAIN STREET, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK                    14604
 (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


                               (716) 423-7270
             (Registrant's telephone number including area code)


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  
                                                   ----     ---- 

Number of shares of common stock outstanding on June 30, 1996: 11,773,986

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                    RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                  FORM 10-Q

                            For the Quarter Ended
                                 May 31, 1996

                                    INDEX
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PART I -    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1 -    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

            Consolidated Statements of Condition as of
            May 31, 1996 and November 30, 1995                              3

            Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six
            months ended May 31, 1996 and 1995                              4

            Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
            for the three and six months ended May 31, 1996 and 1995        5

            Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months
            ended May 31, 1996 and  1995                                    6

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                      8

ITEM 2 -    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
            AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS                                      11


PART II -   OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 4 -    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS            19

ITEM 6 -    EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K                               20

SIGNATURES                                                                 21
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                          RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
                                       (Unaudited)
                                       (thousands)

                                                               MAY 31,       November 30,
                                                                 1996            1995
                                                            --------------  --------------
<S>                                                         <C>             <C>

ASSETS
Cash and due from banks                                     $      73,918   $      78,877 
Interest-bearing deposits in banks                                 12,646          15,913 
Securities available for sale (cost $22,729 in 1996
  and $85,335 in 1995)                                             20,100          84,128 
Securities held to maturity (fair value $1,579,618
  in 1996 and $1,398,727 in 1995)                               1,618,016       1,398,067 
Loans receivable:
  Residential mortgage loans                                      828,713         910,891 
  Commercial mortgage loans                                        64,478          71,240 
  Automobile loans and leases                                     929,073         807,629 
  Other consumer and other loans                                   88,862          83,596 
  Residential mortgage loans held for sale                        157,376         123,755 
                                                            --------------  --------------
     Total loans receivable                                     2,068,502       1,997,111 
  Allowance for loan losses                                       (26,867)        (26,091)
                                                            --------------  --------------
     Net loans receivable                                       2,041,635       1,971,020 

Premises and equipment                                             31,993          28,896 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock                                       38,498          38,498 
Loan servicing rights                                             126,875         106,517 
Other real estate                                                   5,267           3,965 
Other assets                                                       79,736         145,559 
                                                            --------------  --------------

       Total assets                                         $   4,048,684   $   3,871,440 
                                                            ==============  ==============

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Deposits                                                    $   2,337,884   $   2,222,970 
Borrowings and repurchase agreements with
  Federal Home Loan Bank                                          675,050         674,350 
Other repurchase agreements and borrowings                        446,342         295,090 
Mortgagors' deposits under escrow agreements                       97,303          77,053 
Other liabilities                                                 142,515         226,050 
                                                            --------------  --------------

       Total liabilities                                        3,699,094       3,495,513 
                                                            --------------  --------------

Commitments and contingent liabilities (see note 3)
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Preferred stock, at par value                                     2,989           2,989 
  Common stock, at par value                                       14,209          14,067 
  Paid-in capital in excess of par value                          243,076         241,392 
  Surplus fund                                                     51,070          51,070 
  Undivided profits                                                88,596          76,755 
  Loans to employee stock plan                                     (3,611)         (4,371)
  Net unrealized holding loss on securities, net of taxes          (4,892)         (4,985)
  Treasury stock, at cost (1,800 common shares in 1996
     and 44 in 1995)                                              (41,847)           (990)
                                                            --------------  --------------

       Total shareholders' equity                                 349,590         375,927 
                                                            --------------  --------------

       Total liabilities and shareholders' equity           $   4,048,684   $   3,871,440 
                                                            ==============  ==============
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                               RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                            (Unaudited)
                               (thousands, except per share amounts)

                                                  Three Months Ended         Six Months Ended
                                                       May 31,                     May 31,
                                                 1996          1995          1996          1995
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Interest income:
  Interest and fees on loans                 $     44,348  $     41,405  $     87,948  $     80,477
  Interest on mortgage-backed and other
    securities                                     30,098        24,149        57,525        47,173
  Other interest income                                67           268           263           568
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

        Total interest income                      74,513        65,822       145,736       128,218
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Interest expense:
  Interest on deposits                             25,103        23,117        50,056        43,914
  Interest on FHLB borrowings and
    repurchase agreements                           9,944         8,935        18,350        19,383
  Interest on other repurchase agreements
    and borrowings                                  6,457         3,874        12,598         4,724
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

        Total interest expense                     41,504        35,926        81,004        68,021
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Net interest income                                33,009        29,896        64,732        60,197
  Provision for loan losses                         3,478         1,679         6,220         3,025
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Net interest income after
  provision for loan losses                        29,531        28,217        58,512        57,172
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Noninterest income:
  Mortgage banking                                 12,131         7,616        22,389        14,287
  Retail banking                                    2,711         2,306         5,075         4,585
  Automobile loan banking                           1,116           723         1,585         1,133
  Net securities sale gains                           995            30           995            40
  Other                                                29            11            66            38
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

        Total noninterest income                   16,982        10,686        30,110        20,083
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Operating expenses:
  Salaries and benefits                            18,633        13,268        34,318        28,261
  Occupancy                                         5,236         4,691        10,147         9,075
  Deposit insurance                                    51         1,251           169         2,500
  Other                                             8,003         6,932        14,498        13,335
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

        Total operating expenses                   31,923        26,142        59,132        53,171
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Income before income taxes                         14,590        12,761        29,490        24,084
  Income tax provision                              5,106         3,445        10,322         6,503
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Net income                                   $      9,484  $      9,316  $     19,168  $     17,581
                                             ============  ============  ============  ============

Net income per common share (fully diluted)  $       0.54  $       0.50  $       1.07  $       0.94
                                             ============  ============  ============  ============

Net income applicable to common shares       $      8,176  $      8,008  $     16,552  $     14,965
                                             ============  ============  ============  ============

Net income per common share (primary)        $       0.63  $       0.57  $       1.24  $       1.07
                                             ============  ============  ============  ============
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                      RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
                             IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                   (Unaudited)
                      (thousands, except per share amounts)


                                                           Three Months Ended
                                                                 May 31,
                                                           1996          1995
                                                       ------------  ------------
<S>                                                    <C>           <C>

Shareholders' equity at beginning of period            $   371,295   $   350,798 

Net income                                                   9,484         9,316 
Purchase of RCSB common stock                              (27,890)            - 
Common stock options exercised                                 990           279 
Dividends declared on preferred stock                       (1,308)       (1,308)
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.24 and
   $0.10 per share in 1996 and 1995, respectively)          (3,055)       (1,399)
Loan repayments from employee stock plan                       383           361 
Change in net unrealized holding loss on securities,
   net of taxes                                               (309)          669 
                                                       ------------  ------------

Shareholders' equity at end of period                  $   349,590   $   358,716 
                                                       ============  ============


                                                            Six Months Ended
                                                                 May 31,
                                                           1996          1995 
                                                       ------------  ------------

Shareholders' equity at beginning of period            $   375,927   $   346,999 


Net income                                                  19,168        17,581 
Purchase of RCSB common stock                              (40,857)            - 
Common stock options exercised                               1,826           396 
Dividends declared on preferred stock                       (2,616)       (2,616)
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.36 and
   $0.20 per share in 1996 and 1995, respectively)          (4,711)       (2,797)
Loan repayments from employee stock plan                       760           716 
Change in net unrealized holding loss on securities,
   net of taxes                                                 93        (1,563)
                                                       ------------  ------------

Shareholders' equity at end of period                  $   349,590   $   358,716 
                                                       ============  ============
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                              RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                           (Unaudited)
                                           (thousands)

                                                                           Six Months Ended
                                                                               May 31,
                                                                        1996            1995
                                                                   --------------  --------------
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>

OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
    Net income                                                     $      19,168   $      17,581 
    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
       cash provided by operating activities:
        Provision for loan losses                                          6,220           3,025 
        Depreciation                                                       3,800           2,797 
        Amortization of loan servicing rights                              8,021           5,833 
        Amortization of intangible assets, hedging gains
          or losses, and securities premiums or discounts                    908              91 
        Deferred income tax benefit                                       (1,500)         (4,100)
        Provisions for foreclosed real estate and other
          problem assets                                                       -          (1,135)
        (Gains) losses on the sale of loans, securities
          and other real estate                                             (870)             21 
        Increase in mortgage loans held for sale                         (33,621)        (18,762)
        Decrease in other assets                                          66,876             901 
        Decrease in accrued expenses                                      (4,795)         (7,072)
        Decrease in loans to employee stock plan                             760             716 
                                                                   --------------  --------------

          Net cash provided (used) by operating activities                64,967            (104)
                                                                   --------------  --------------

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
    Decrease in interest-bearing deposits in banks                         3,267           8,359 
    Purchases of:
       Securities held to maturity                                      (358,346)       (161,693)
       Loans                                                                 (92)       (172,560)
       Loan servicing rights, including those on originated loans        (28,379)        (10,393)
       Premises and equipment                                             (6,897)         (2,094)
    Proceeds from sales of:
       Securities available for sale                                      60,517              39 
       Other real estate                                                   3,019           4,262 
    Principal repayments on:
       Securities available for sale                                       3,114           2,643 
       Securities held to maturity                                       139,490          35,597 
    Loan originations, net of repayments and other reductions            (47,630)         39,859 
    Decrease in FHLB stock                                                     -           8,270 
                                                                   --------------  --------------

        Net cash used by investing activities                           (231,937)       (247,711)
                                                                   --------------  --------------
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                              RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                           (Unaudited)
                                           (thousands)

                                                                           Six Months Ended
                                                                                May 31,
                                                                         1996            1995
                                                                    --------------  --------------
(Continued)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
    Increase in deposits                                                  114,914          49,667 
    Increase (decrease) in FHLB borrowings
       and repurchase agreements                                              700        (171,059)
    Increase in other repurchase agreements
       and borrowings                                                     151,252         334,586 
    Increase in mortgagors' escrow deposits                                20,250           9,150 
    Increase (decrease) in other liabilities                              (80,234)         39,685 
    Net proceeds from exercise of stock options                             1,826             396 
    Purchase of RCSB common stock                                         (40,857)              - 
    Dividends paid on preferred stock                                      (2,616)         (2,616)
    Dividends paid on common stock                                         (3,224)         (2,797)
                                                                    --------------  --------------

        Net cash provided by financing activities                         162,011         257,012 
                                                                    --------------  --------------

        Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                   (4,959)          9,197 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                           78,877          63,702 
                                                                    --------------  --------------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                          $      73,918   $      72,899 
                                                                    ==============  ==============



Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
    Cash paid during the period for:
        Interest                                                    $      81,787   $      66,943 
        Income taxes                                                       12,887           8,567 

    Additions to other real estate through foreclosure                      4,446           3,544 
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                    RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONDENSED)
                                 MAY 31, 1996
                                 (unaudited)

1.  BASIS  OF  PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts
of  RCSB Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries (RCSB or the Company), have been
prepared  in  accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q, and therefore do
not  include   all   information  and  footnotes  necessary  for  a   complete
presentation  of  financial  position, results of operations and cash flows in
accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  The  financial
statements  and the information under the heading "Management's Discussion and
Analysis  of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" are prepared under
the presumption that the interim consolidated financial statements are read in
conjunction  with  the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
November  30,  1995.

In  the  opinion  of management, the unaudited, consolidated interim financial
statements  of  RCSB  Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries reflect all adjustments
(consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of
the  statements.  The  results  of  operations for the interim periods are not
necessarily  indicative of the results of operations which may be expected for
the entire year.  For consistency among the periods presented, certain amounts
in  the  prior year's consolidated financial statements have been reclassified
to  conform  with  the  1996  presentation.

2.  ACCOUNTING  CHANGE

RCSB  adopted  Financial  Accounting  Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 114
entitled  "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan" and Statement No.
118,  "Accounting  by  Creditors for Impairment of a Loan - Income Recognition
and  Disclosures"  on  December  1,  1995. The statements require that certain
impaired  loans be measured based on the present value of expected future cash
flows  discounted  at  the  loan's  effective interest rate, or as a practical
expedient,  based  on  the loan's observable market price or the fair value of
collateral  if  the  loan  is collateral dependent.  For purposes of Statement
114,  a  loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is
probable  that  a  creditor will be unable to collect all contractual interest
and   principal  payments  according  to  the  terms  of  the  loan agreement. 
Implementing  the  provisions of Statements 114 and 118 had no material impact
on  the  Company's  consolidated financial statements on the date of adoption.

Most  of  RCSB's loan portfolios are excluded from the scope of Statements 114
and  118  because  the  pronouncements  are  generally not applicable to large
groups  of  smaller-balance  homogeneous  loans  such as residential mortgage,
automobile  and  other consumer loans.  The pronouncement does apply to RCSB's
commercial  mortgage  loan portfolio, from which impaired loans are identified
during  reviews  of loans that (a) are delinquent, (b) have been classified by
management  or banking regulators or (c) are believed by management to involve
potential  collectibility  concerns.  In  most  cases,  the  Company  measures
impairment  based  on the fair value of loan collateral, minus estimated costs
to  sell  the  property.   If the measure of an impaired loan is less than the
recorded  investment  in the loan, a valuation allowance is established with a
corresponding  charge  to  the  provision  for  loan  losses.  Charge-offs are
recorded  when  definitive   information  indicates  that  collection  of  the
identified  impaired  amount  is  doubtful.

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At  May  31,  1996,  RCSB's  recorded  investment in loans considered impaired
totaled  $3.8  million,  and no allowance for loan losses was required for the
identified  loans under the provisions of Statements 114 and 118.  The average
recorded  investment in impaired loans during 1996 totaled $5.0 million.  Cash
receipts  on  impaired  loans  are  either (a) added to the allowance for loan
losses if a previously recorded charge-off has not been recovered, or (b) used
to  reduce  the  carrying  value of the loan or recognized as interest income,
depending  upon  management's  judgment regarding the likelihood of collecting
the  recorded  loan balance.  Interest income recognized on impaired loans was
less  than $0.1 million during the first six months of 1996, none of which was
recognized  on  a  cash  basis.

3.  CONTINGENCIES

In  February  1995,  a trust company providing check processing and securities
custodial  services  to  the Company's subsidiary, Rochester Community Savings
Bank  (the Bank), and other financial institutions was seized by state banking
regulators  due  to  the  trust  company's  deteriorating financial condition.
Subsequently,  a liquidation of the trust company was commenced and remains in
progress.    In  connection  with services being provided to the Bank, certain
cash  balances  and  collateral in the form of securities were maintained with
the  trust  company.  In addition, the Bank holds long term investments in the
trust company's capital stock and debentures.  Under conditions of the seizure
and  liquidation, cash balances, securities held as collateral and payments on
these  and   other  securities  totaling  approximately  $11.5  million   were
temporarily frozen by the regulators.  During May 1996, the banking regulators
released to the Bank securities held as collateral and related payments on the
securities  totaling  $9.4  million,  and  in  June 1996, the Bank received an
initial  settlement  of  $1.0  million  on  its  remaining  assets.

It  is  not possible to estimate when liquidation of the trust company will be
concluded.    The  Bank's  $2.4  million investment in trust company stock and
debentures  was  charged  off  as  expense  in  1995, and an allowance of $1.4
million remained at May 31, 1996 to absorb possible losses on its other assets
held  by  the  trust  company  and legal  expenses related to the liquidation.
Further  adjustment  of  the  allowance  may  be  required based on subsequent
developments  in  the  liquidation  process.

Under  pending federal legislation, the Bank may be required to participate in
a  one-time  recapitalization  of  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's
(FDIC) Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF).  Although most of the Bank's
deposits  are  insured  by the FDIC's Bank Insurance Fund (BIF), approximately
$84  million of SAIF-insured deposits held by the Bank would be subject to the
one-time assessment, estimated to total $0.7 million.  It is uncertain whether
this  pending  legislation  will  be  enacted.

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4.  COMMON  STOCK  PURCHASES  AND  PREFERRED  STOCK  REDEMPTION

In  May  1996,  RCSB  completed a previously announced program to purchase 1.8
million  shares  of  the  Company's  common  stock, and the Board of Directors
authorized  the  purchase  of  an  additional  1.7  million  common  shares at
opportune  times  through  November  1996.  Under the second program,  635,000
shares  were  purchased  from  market  sources  during  June  1996.

RCSB's  Board  of  Directors  also  approved  the redemption of all issued and
outstanding  shares  of  the  Company's 7% Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual
Preferred  Stock,  Series B, effective July 15, 1996 at a price of $26.225 per
share  plus  accrued  and unpaid dividends.  Prior to the close of business on
July  15,  1996,  holders  of  the Series B Preferred Stock have the option of
converting  their shares into RCSB common stock at a ratio of 1.5625 shares of
common  for  each  Series B share.  Based on RCSB's common stock price at June
30, 1996, the Company anticipates that all preferred shareholders will convert
their  shares  into  common.

To  facilitate the redemption of Series B preferred shares, the declaration of
the  third quarter common stock dividend was accelerated to May 1996, compared
to  a  June  declaration  date  in the prior year.  RCSB declared dividends of
$0.12 per common share in December 1995, March 1996 and May 1996, and declared
dividends  of  $0.4375  per Series B preferred share in February and May 1996.

5.  NET  INCOME  PER  SHARE

Primary net income per common share for the three and six months ended May 31,
1996  and 1995 was computed by dividing net income, reduced by preferred stock
dividends,  by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the  periods. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding totaled
12,921,063  and  13,994,307  for the three months ended May 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively,  and  13,324,966 and 13,982,355 for the six months ended May 31,
1996  and  1995,  respectively.

Fully  diluted  net income per common share for the three and six months ended
May  31,  1996  and 1995 was computed by dividing net income by the sum of the
weighted  average  number  of  common shares outstanding and the common shares
that  would  be issuable if all outstanding preferred shares were converted to
common.  The  weighted  average  number  of  common  shares  utilized  in this
computation  totaled  17,590,969 and 18,666,182 for the three months ended May
31,  1996  and  1995,  respectively, and 17,994,894 and 18,654,230 for the six
months  ended  May  31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.  There were no materially
dilutive  common  stock  equivalents  during  either  period.

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ITEM  2.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
           AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

RCSB  Financial,  Inc.  and  subsidiaries earned net income of $9.5 million or
$.54  per  share  (fully  diluted)  for  the  three months ended May 31, 1996,
compared to $9.3 million or $.50 per share in the second quarter of 1995.  For
the first six months of 1996, RCSB's net income totaled $19.2 million or $1.07
per  share compared to $17.6 million or $0.94 per share in 1995.  While pretax
earnings  in the second quarter and first six months of 1996 rose by 14.3% and
22.4%, respectively, a higher effective rate of income tax in the current year
lessened  the  increase  in  net  income  for the periods.  The improvement in
pretax  earnings  was aided by higher levels of net interest income and growth
in  mortgage  banking  revenues.  Earnings per fully diluted share in the 1996
second quarter and six-month period increased by 8.0% and 13.8%, respectively,
reflecting  higher net income and the effect of the Company's stock repurchase
program.

Second  Quarter  Review

RCSB's net interest income was $33.0 million in the second quarter of 1996, up
$3.1  million  or  10.4%  from  1995.  Purchases of mortgage-backed securities
during  1996  and  the  latter  half  of  1995  and  a 19% increase in average
automobile  loan outstandings produced greater amounts of net interest income,
more  than offsetting the effect of a narrower average interest rate spread in
RCSB's portfolios. Asset growth was funded by additional borrowings and higher
levels of customer deposits at the Bank.  The Company also utilized borrowings
to  purchase  $41.8  million  of  RCSB common stock during 1996 and late 1995.

The  reduction  in  RCSB's interest rate spread to 3.25% in 1996 from 3.34% in
1995 resulted from a greater decrease in the average yield on interest-earning
assets  than  in the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.  The spread
was  affected  by  a  narrowing  of the average difference, during the past 18
months,  between  market interest rates on short-term instruments versus those
on longer-term instruments.  Because RCSB's assets generally have longer terms
to  maturity  or  repricing than its liabilities, the reduction experienced in
general marketplace spreads had a downward influence on the Company's interest
rate  spread.    Net interest margin, which is influenced by the interest rate
spread  and  changes  in the relationship of interest-earning asset volumes to
interest-bearing  liability  volumes, decreased to 3.52% in 1996 from 3.66% in
1995.  RCSB's spread and margin for the second quarter improved, however, from
levels  experienced  earlier in the year partially due to a recent widening in
general  marketplace  spreads.

The  following  table  presents information for the second quarter of 1996 and
1995  regarding interest yields and rates, average earning asset and liability
volumes,  and  the allocation of interest variations between amounts caused by
volumes and amounts attributable to rates.  No tax equivalent adjustments have
been  made  for  minor  amounts  of  tax-exempt  income  earned  by  RCSB.

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                           AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES AND CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE
                                                    (dollars in thousands)

                                                       Three Months Ended
                                           MAY 31, 1996                   May 31, 1995
                                 ------------------------------  ------------------------------
                                                                                                   Change
                                  Average               Yield/    Average               Yield/       in        Change due to
                                  Balance    Interest    Rate     Balance    Interest    Rate     Interest    Volume     Rate
                                 ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  --------  --------
<S>                              <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>       <C>

INTEREST-EARNING
 ASSETS:
 Federal funds and
   interest-bearing  deposits    $   13,064  $      67    2.05%  $   16,446  $     268    6.52%  $    (201)  $   (46)  $  (155)
 Mortgage-backed and
  other securities                1,723,727     30,098    6.98    1,375,153     24,149    7.02       5,949     6,087      (138)
 Loans receivable, net            2,013,599     44,348    8.81    1,872,094     41,405    8.85       2,943     3,117      (174)
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
  Total interest-
    earning assets               $3,750,390     74,513    7.95   $3,263,693     65,822    8.07       8,691     9,158      (467)
                                 ==========  ---------           ==========  ---------           ----------  --------  --------

INTEREST-BEARING
 LIABILITIES:
 Transaction, money market
  and savings deposits           $1,057,130      6,195    2.33   $1,071,668      6,676    2.47        (481)      (90)     (391)
 Term deposits                    1,309,334     18,908    5.74    1,109,713     16,441    5.88       2,467     2,898      (431)
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
   Total deposits                 2,366,464     25,103    4.22    2,181,381     23,117    4.20       1,986     2,808      (822)

 FHLB borrowings
   and repurchase agreements        692,364      9,944    5.71      586,374      8,935    6.05       1,009     1,547      (538)
 Other repurchase agreements
   and borrowings                   456,417      6,457    5.63      243,924      3,874    6.30       2,583     3,054      (471)
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
  Total interest-
    bearing liabilities          $3,515,245     41,504    4.70%  $3,011,679     35,926    4.73%      5,578     7,409    (1,831)
                                 ==========  ---------           ==========  ---------           ----------  --------  --------

Net interest income                          $  33,009                       $  29,896           $   3,113   $ 1,749   $ 1,364 
                                             =========                       =========           ==========  ========  ========

Excess of interest-earning
   assets over interest-bearing
   liabilities                   $  235,145                      $  252,014

RATIOS:
 Interest rate spread                                     3.25%                           3.34%
 Net interest margin                                      3.52                            3.66 
</TABLE>


In  the  second  quarter of 1996, RCSB provided $3.5 million for possible loan
losses compared to $1.7 million in 1995. The increased provisions in 1996 were
primarily due to growth in the automobile loan portfolio resulting from higher
volumes  of  loan  originations in the quarter.  The adequacy of the Company's
loan  loss  allowance  is  evaluated quarterly with consideration given to the
status  of  particular  loans,  the  general  risk characteristics of the loan
portfolio,  historical charge-offs and recoveries, the regulatory environment,
current  appraisals  and  economic and market conditions.  As of May 31, 1996,
RCSB's  allowance  for  loan  losses  totaled  $26.9  million  or  102.7%  of
nonperforming  loans,  compared  to  $26.1  million or 106.6% of nonperforming
loans  at  November  30,  1995.

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<PAGE>
Mortgage  banking  noninterest  income  totaled  $12.1  million  in the second
quarter of 1996, compared to $7.6 million in 1995.  The increase resulted from
higher  levels  of  loan  originations  and  increased  loan  servicing income
generated  by  American  Home  Funding,  Inc.  (AHF),  RCSB's mortgage banking
subsidiary.  Residential mortgage loan originations at AHF were $421.6 million
during  the  second  quarter, up 88.2%  from $224.0 million in the prior year.
The  growth  in  loan  servicing income and a related increase in amortization
expense  for  loan servicing rights was driven by continuing purchases of such
rights  and  the  retention  of  servicing  rights on originated loans.  AHF's
portfolio  of  loans  serviced for others increased to $9.4 billion at May 31,
1996, compared to $6.1 billion at May 31, 1995.  During 1996, AHF expanded its
loan  origination  capabilities  by  taking  over  six  loan  offices formerly
operated  by  another entity in the states of Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, North
Carolina  and  Texas  and  opening  seven  other  loan offices in Connecticut,
Indiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Ohio.  Current year activity
has  expanded  the  scope of AHF's loan origination operations to encompass 52
offices  in  15  states.

RCSB's  retail  banking  units generated noninterest income of $2.7 million in
the  second  quarter, up from $2.3 million in 1995.  Earnings in this category
are   derived  from   fees  and   service   charges   collected   for  various
deposit-related   activities  and  revenues   from  the  Company's  securities
brokerage  and  insurance  sales  subsidiaries.  The increase was primarily in
fees  earned  by  RCSB's  securities  brokerage  subsidiary  through  sales of
variable  annuity  products.

Noninterest  income  from  automobile  loan  banking  was $1.1 million for the
second  quarter  of  1996,  compared to $0.7 million in 1995.  Automobile loan
banking  income  represents  revenues  generated from pools of sold auto loans
serviced  by  RCSB  for  others.    Since  no  such loans have been sold since
mid-1992,  there  were only $5.7 million of loans being serviced for others at
May  31,  1996.  The Company's automobile lending business in recent years has
been  focused  mainly  on originating and servicing loans for RCSB's auto loan
portfolio,  which  totaled  $929.1  million  at the end of the second quarter.
Noninterest  revenues  from  the  sold loan pools included $0.9 million in the
second  quarter  of 1996 and $0.4 million in 1995 resulting from reductions in
certain  allowances  carried  by RCSB to cover estimated losses under recourse
obligations.  Allowances  for  credit  losses  on  RCSB's  portfolio  of owned
automobile  loans  are  established  through charges to the provision for loan
losses.

Net  gains  from  securities  sales  totaled  $1.0  million in the 1996 second
quarter, while such gains in the 1995 quarter were less than $0.1 million.  In
1996,  RCSB  sold   $59.5  million  of  mortgage-backed  securities  from  the
available-for-sale  portfolio  in  response  to  interest  rate-related market
opportunities.

Operating  expenses  in the 1996 second quarter were $31.9 million compared to
$26.1  million  in  the prior year. The increase was primarily attributable to
higher  variable  expenses  associated  with  loan  origination  and servicing
volumes  at  AHF  and  American  Credit  Services  Inc.  (ACSI), the Company's
automobile  lending  subsidiary,  and  expenses resulting from recently opened
retail  banking  branches.  These costs were partially offset by a substantial
reduction  in  FDIC  deposit  insurance  premiums.

While  still  below  a  normal  rate  of  income taxes for RCSB, the Company's
effective  tax rate increased to 35% in the second quarter of 1996 from 27% in
1995.  Reductions in RCSB's deferred tax valuation allowance during both years
accounted  for  the  difference  from  normal  rates.

                                     -13-

<PAGE>
Six  Month  Review

For  the  first  six  months  of  1996,  RCSB's  net interest income was $64.7
million,  an  increase  of  7.5%  from  $60.2  million in the prior year.  The
increase  was  largely  due  to  the  effects of investing, on average, $475.2
million more in mortgage-backed securities and loans during 1996. Asset growth
was  funded  by the reinvestment of earnings, additional customer deposits and
increased  borrowings.  RCSB's  interest rate spread declined to 3.12% in 1996
from  3.39%  in  1995,  primarily  due  to  a narrowing of general marketplace
spreads  between  short-term and intermediate-term interest rates.  A shift of
$61.3  million  in average deposits from transaction, money market and savings
accounts  into  higher  rate term accounts contributed to the reduced interest
rate spread.  Net interest margin was 3.51% in 1996 compared to 3.74% in 1995.

The  following table presents information regarding interest yields and rates,
average  earning  asset  and liability volumes, and the allocation of interest
variations between amounts caused by volumes and amounts attributable to rates
for the six months ended May 31, 1996 and 1995.  No tax equivalent adjustments
have  been  made  for  minor  amounts  of  tax-exempt  income  earned by RCSB.

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                           AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES AND CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE
                                                    (dollars in thousands)


                                                        Six Months Ended
                                          MAY 31, 1996                    May 31, 1995
                                 ------------------------------  ------------------------------
                                                                                                   Change
                                  Average               Yield/    Average               Yield/       in        Change due to
                                  Balance    Interest    Rate     Balance    Interest    Rate     Interest    Volume     Rate
                                 ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  --------  --------
<S>                              <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>       <C>

INTEREST-EARNING
 ASSETS:
 Federal funds and
   interest-bearing  deposits    $   13,571  $     263    3.88%  $   18,026  $     568    6.30%  $    (305)  $  (119)  $  (186)
 Mortgage-backed and
  other securities                1,686,146     57,525    6.82    1,346,305     47,173    7.01      10,352    11,624    (1,272)
 Loans receivable, net            1,990,589     87,948    8.84    1,852,747     80,477    8.69       7,471     6,071     1,400 
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
  Total interest-
    earning assets               $3,690,306    145,736    7.90   $3,217,078    128,218    7.97      17,518    17,576       (58)
                                 ==========  ---------           ==========  ---------           ----------  --------  --------

INTEREST-BEARING
 LIABILITIES:
 Transaction, money market
  and savings deposits           $1,035,454     12,163    2.35   $1,096,740     13,741    2.51      (1,578)     (749)     (829)
 Term deposits                    1,298,199     37,893    5.84    1,063,000     30,173    5.69       7,720     6,866       854 
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
   Total deposits                 2,333,653     50,056    4.29    2,159,740     43,914    4.08       6,142     6,117        25 

 FHLB borrowings
   and repurchase agreements        627,520     18,350    5.85      665,844     19,383    5.84      (1,033)   (1,124)       91 
 Other repurchase agreements
   and borrowings                   429,458     12,598    5.87      151,964      4,724    6.23       7,874     8,178      (304)
                                 ----------  ---------           ----------  ---------           ----------  --------  --------
  Total interest-
    bearing liabilities          $3,390,631     81,004    4.78%  $2,977,548     68,021    4.58%     12,983    13,171      (188)
                                 ==========  ---------           ==========  ---------           ----------  --------  --------

Net interest income                          $  64,732                       $  60,197           $   4,535   $ 4,405   $   130 
                                             =========                       =========           ==========  ========  ========

Excess of interest-earning
   assets over interest-bearing
   liabilities                   $  299,675                      $  239,530

RATIOS:
 Interest rate spread                                     3.12%                           3.39%
 Net interest margin                                      3.51                            3.74 
</TABLE>


RCSB's  provision for loan losses totaled $6.2 million in the first six months
of  1996  compared to $3.0 million in 1995.  A higher level of automobile loan
originations  produced  an increase in the Company's automobile loan portfolio
and  a  corresponding  requirement  for  additional  loan  loss  allowances.

Mortgage  banking  noninterest  income  grew by 56.7% to $22.4 million in 1996
from  $14.3  million  in  the  prior  year.   The increase was attributable to
greater  loan origination fees and higher levels of loan servicing income, net
of  additional  amortization  expense  for  loan servicing rights. Residential
mortgage  originations  at  AHF  totaled  $748.8  million during the first six
months  of  1996,  up  89.3%  from  $395.6  million  of  originations in 1995.

                                     -15-

<PAGE>
Retail  banking  noninterest income totaled $5.1 million in 1996, up from $4.6
million  in  1995  primarily  due  to  increased  revenues  from the Company's
securities  brokerage  subsidiary and slightly higher fees and service charges
from  deposit  related  activities.  Lower 1996 earnings from RCSB's insurance
sales  subsidiary reflect reduced demand, in the current rate environment, for
fixed-rate  annuity  products.

Noninterest  income  from  automobile  loan  banking  was $1.6 million in 1996
compared  to  $1.1  million  in  1995.    The increase was the net result of a
reduced requirement for sold loan loss allowances, offset in part by a decline
in  revenue  from  servicing  loans  for others.  RCSB has continued to retain
recently originated auto loans in its portfolio, and loans serviced for others
total  only  $5.7  million.

Operating  expenses incurred during the first six months of 1996 totaled $59.1
million compared to $53.2 million in the prior year.  Higher variable expenses
at  AHF  and  ACSI, resulting from an increase in loan origination volumes and
loans  serviced,  and  the  costs  associated  with several new retail banking
branches  were  partially  offset  by  a  reduction  in FDIC deposit insurance
premiums.

The  Company's  effective  tax  rate  was 35% in 1996 compared to 27% in 1995,
reflecting  reductions  in  the  deferred  tax valuation allowance during both
years.


FINANCIAL  CONDITION

At  May  31,  1996,  RCSB's total assets were $4.05 billion, compared to $3.87
billion  at November 30, 1995.  Loans at the end of the second quarter totaled
$2.04  billion,  compared  to $1.97 billion at November 30, 1995.  Loan growth
during  the first six months of 1996 occurred primarily in the automobile loan
portfolio  which  increased  to  $929.1  million  at May 31, 1996, compared to
$807.6  million  at  the  end  of  the  1995  fiscal  year.    Automobile loan
originations were $181.1 million in the 1996 second quarter and $322.3 million
in  the  first  six  months,  up  from  $105.2  million  and   $167.8 million,
respectively,  in  the  prior  year  periods.

Securities  held  to  maturity  increased  to   $1.62 billion at May 31, 1996,
compared  to  $1.40  billion  at November 30, 1995 as the result of purchasing
$358.3  million  of  mortgage-backed  securities  during  the  year.  Deposits
increased  to $2.34 billion at May 31, 1996, up from $2.22 billion at November
30,  1995.  Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, repurchase agreements and other
borrowings  totaled  $1.12 billion at May 31, 1996, compared to $969.4 million
at  November  30,  1995.

The  Company's  one-year interest rate sensitivity gap was liability sensitive
to  the  extent  of  6.2% of total assets at May 31, 1996, compared to 3.9% at
November  30,  1995  and  6.1%  at May 31, 1995.  Shareholders' equity totaled
$349.6  million or $20.47 per common share on a fully diluted basis at May 31,
1996,  compared  to  $375.9 million or $20.11 per common share at November 30,
1995.    Equity  per  common share is computed as if all convertible preferred
shares were converted to common.  The decline in shareholders' equity resulted
from  ongoing  purchases  of  RCSB  common  stock  through the Company's stock
repurchase  program.

In  May  1996,  RCSB  completed a previously announced program to purchase 1.8
million  shares  of  the  Company's  common  stock, and the Board of Directors
authorized  the  purchase  of  an  additional  1.7  million  common  shares at
opportune times through November 1996. Under  the

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<PAGE>
second  program, 635,000 shares were purchased from market sources during June
1996.    Equity  was 8.63% of assets at the end of the second quarter of 1996,
compared  to  9.71%  at  November  30,  1995.

RCSB's  Board  of  Directors  also  approved  the redemption of all issued and
outstanding  shares  of  the  Company's 7% Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual
Preferred  Stock,  Series B, effective July 15, 1996 at a price of $26.225 per
share  plus  accrued  and unpaid dividends.  Prior to the close of business on
July  15,  1996,  holders  of  the Series B Preferred Stock have the option of
converting  their shares into RCSB common stock at a ratio of 1.5625 shares of
common  for  each  Series B share.  Based on RCSB's common stock price at June
30, 1996, the Company anticipates that all preferred shareholders will convert
their  shares  into  common.

To  facilitate the redemption of Series B preferred shares, the declaration of
the  third quarter common stock dividend was accelerated to May 1996, compared
to  a  June  declaration  date  in the prior year.  RCSB declared dividends of
$0.12 per common share in December 1995, March 1996 and May 1996, and declared
dividends  of  $0.4375  per Series B preferred share in February and May 1996.

In  accordance  with  requirements  of the FDIC and the New York State Banking
Department,  the  Company's subsidiary, Rochester Community Savings Bank, must
meet  certain  measures  of  capital  adequacy  with  respect  to leverage and
risk-based  capital.   At March 31, 1996, the most recent FDIC reporting date,
the  Bank's  capital  ratios were in excess of required levels as shown in the
table  below.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                            CAPITAL ADEQUACY
                             March 31, 1996


                                 Actual   Required   Excess
                                 -------  ---------  -------
<S>                              <C>      <C>        <C>


Core (Tier 1) leverage capital     8.78%      4.00%    4.78%

Risk-Based capital:
          Core (Tier 1) capital   12.96       4.00     8.96 
          Total capital           13.94       8.00     5.94 

</TABLE>



Allowance  for  Loan  Losses  and  Nonperforming  Assets

The  determination  of  the  allowance  for  loan  losses  is based on ongoing
analyses  of  the loan portfolio and reflects an amount which, in management's
judgment,  is  adequate to provide for potential losses. While management used
all  currently   available  information  to  determine  the  adequacy  of  the
allowance,  future additions may be necessary based on changes in economic and
market  conditions  and  specific  borrower  situations.  In addition, various
regulatory  agencies,  as  an  integral  part  of  the  examination   process,
periodically  review  the  Company's  allowance  for  losses  on  loans.  Such
agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based
on  their  judgments  about   information  available  at  the  time  of  their
examinations.  RCSB's allowance for loan losses at May 31, 1996 equaled 102.7%
of  nonperforming  loans,  which exceeded the average of approximately 62% for
all  publicly-held  thrifts  as  of  March  31,  1996,  the  

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<PAGE>
most  recent date for which such information is available.  Activity in RCSB's
loan  loss allowance during the first six months of 1996 and 1995 is presented
below.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                          ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
                                 (thousands)

                                           Six Months Ended
                                                May 31,
                                   ----------------------------------
                                         1996              1995
                                   ----------------  ----------------
<S>                                <C>               <C>


Beginning balance                  $        26,091   $        26,225 
Provision for loan losses                    6,220             3,025 
Loans charged off                           (8,090)           (7,399)
Loan recoveries                              2,646             1,829 
                                   ----------------  ----------------
Ending balance                     $        26,867   $        23,680 
                                   ================  ================
</TABLE>


The  Company  defines  nonperforming assets to include nonaccrual loans, loans
past  due  90  days  and  accruing, restructured loans  and other real estate.
Total  nonperforming  assets  at  May  31, 1996 were $31.4 million compared to
$28.4 million at November 30, 1995, remaining at  less than 1% of total assets
during the year to date. The increase in nonperforming assets in the first six
months  of  1996  reflects  the  growth  in RCSB's loan portfolio and a recent
slowing  noted  nationally  in  the  repayment of consumer debt. The following
table  summarizes nonperforming assets as of the end of the second quarter and
prior  year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                        NONPERFORMING ASSETS
                       (dollars in thousands)


                                         MAY 31,       November 30,
                                           1996            1995
                                      --------------  --------------
<S>                                   <C>             <C>

Nonaccrual loans                      $      22,372   $      21,789 
Loans past due 90 days and accruing           3,790           2,689 
                                      --------------  --------------
  Total nonperforming loans                  26,162          24,478 
Other real estate, net of allowances          5,267           3,965 
                                      --------------  --------------
  Total nonperforming assets          $      31,429   $      28,443 
                                      ==============  ==============
Nonperforming loans as a percent of
  total loans                                  1.26%           1.23%

Nonperforming assets as a percent of
  total assets                                 0.78%           0.73%
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
                    RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                        PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM  4.          SUBMISSION  OF  MATTERS  TO  A  VOTE  OF  SECURITY  HOLDERS

The  Annual  Meeting of Shareholders of RCSB Financial, Inc. was held on April
10,  1996.    Of the 13,607,170 shares eligible to vote at the annual meeting,
11,073,057  shares  were represented in person or by proxy for the election of
directors  and  appointment  of independent auditors and 10,823,190 shares for
approval  of  the  1996  Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.  The following is a
summary  of  matters  voted  upon  at  the  meeting.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                      Number of Votes
                                        ---------------------------------------------
                                                                 Broker
                                           For      Withheld    Non-Votes
                                        ----------  ---------  -----------      
<S>                                     <C>         <C>        <C>          <C>

Nominees for Director for Three-
Year Term Expiring in 1999:

   Bruce B. Bates                       10,906,396    166,661       76,645
   Karen Noble Hanson                   10,896,360    176,697       76,645
   Salvatore R. Martoche                10,900,026    173,031       76,645
   Michael P. Morley                    10,895,128    177,929       76,645

Nominee for Director for One-
Year Term Expiring in 1997:

   Leonard Schutzman                    10,900,498    172,559       76,645


                                                                              Broker
                                            For     Against   Abstentions  Non-Votes
                                        ----------  ---------  -----------  ---------

Approval of the Company's 1996
Non-Employee   Director  Stock
Plan    and     Approval    of
Conforming Amendments  to  the
1992 Stock-Based  Compensation
Plan and Non-Employee Director
Deferred   Compensation   Plan           9,343,681  1,302,429      177,080    326,512

Ratification of Appointment of
KPMG  Peat  Marwick   LLP   as
Independent Auditors                    10,921,547    117,590       33,920     76,645
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>
ITEM  6.          EXHIBITS  AND  REPORTS  ON  FORM  8-K

     (A) Exhibits


           Exhibit
           Number                      Document

                  Compensatory plans or arrangements:

             10.1      Non-Employee Director Stock Plan of RCSB Financial, Inc.

             10.2      Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan of RCSB
                       Financial,  Inc.

             10.3      Amendment to the Rochester Community  Savings  Bank 1992
                       Stock Based Compensation Plan, dated November  22,  1995

                       *****************************

             27        Article  9  Financial  Data  Schedule


     (B) Reports  on  Form  8-K

           None

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<PAGE>
                                  SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to  the  requirements  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.



                                             RCSB FINANCIAL, INC.
                                             --------------------
                                                 (registrant)




    July 11, 1996                            /s/ Leonard S. Simon
    -------------                            --------------------
         Date                                Leonard S. Simon
                                             Chairman of the Board, President
                                             and Chief Executive Officer


    July 11, 1996                            /s/ Paul R. Wuest
    -------------                            -----------------
         Date                                Paul R. Wuest
                                             Senior Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer

                                     -21-
                                      
<PAGE>
                                EXHIBIT INDEX
                                -------------      
                                      
         Regulation
         S-K Exhibit
         Number                    Document
         ------                    --------
         10.1            Non-Employee Director Stock Plan of RCSB Financial,
                         Inc.

         10.2            Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan of
                         RCSB Financial, Inc.

         10.3            Amendment to the Rochester Community Savings Bank 1992
                         Stock Based Compensation Plan, dated November 22, 1995

         27              Article 9 Financial Data Schedule

                                     -22-




                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.1


                           THE RCSB FINANCIAL, INC.
                       NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN

                                  ARTICLE I

                             PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     The   purpose  of  the  RCSB   Financial,  Inc.  (''the  Company'')  1996
Non-Employee Director Stock Plan is to promote shareholder value by increasing
the proprietary interest of Non-Employee Directors in the Company which aligns
their  interests more closely with those of the Company's shareholders; and to
attract  and  retain  highly  qualified  and capable Non-Employee Directors by
offering  them competitive compensation for their services as directors of the
Company.


                                  ARTICLE II

                                 DEFINITIONS

     Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall
have  the  following  meanings:

     2.1  ''Annual  Retainer''.    The annual cash retainer fee payable by the
Company  to  a Non-Employee Director for services as a director of the Company
or  any  subsidiary of the Company, as such amount may be changed from time to
time.

     2.2  ''Award''.     An award granted to a Non-Employee Director under the
Plan  in  the  form  of  Options  or  Shares.

     2.3  ''Board''.      The  Board  of  Directors  of  RCSB  Financial, Inc.

     2.4  ''The  Company''.      RCSB  Financial,  Inc.

     2.5  ''Non-Employee Director''.   A director of the Company who is not an
employee  of  the  Company  or  any  subsidiary  of  the  Company.

     2.6 ''Option''.   An option to purchase Shares awarded under Article VIII
of this Plan in accordance with the 1992 RCSB Stock-Based Compensation Plan as
amended.

     2.7  ''Option Grant Date''.   The date upon which an Option is granted to
a  Non-Employee  Director.

     2.8  ''Optionee''.      A Non-Employee Director of the Company to whom an
Option has been granted or, in the event of such Non-Employee Director's death
prior  to  the expiration of an Option, such Non-Employee Director's executor,
administrator,  beneficiary  or  similar person as provided in Section 9(c) of
the  RCSB  Financial,  Inc.  1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan.

     2.9 ''Plan''   The RCSB Financial, Inc. Non-Employee Director Stock Plan,
as  amended  and  restated  from  time  to  time.

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     2.10  ''Quarterly  Fees  Earned''.    The sum of one-fourth of the annual
retainer, Board Meeting and Committee Meeting fees and fees for services above
and  beyond  those  services in connection with his or her Board and committee
responsibilities,  payable  to  a  Non-Employee  Director  for  services  as a
director  of  the  Company  during  a  calendar  quarter.

     2.11 ''Shares''.   Shares of the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share,
of  the  Company.

     2.12  ''Stock  Award  Date''.   The date on which Shares are awarded to a
Non-Employee  Director.

     2.15  ''Stock Award Fair Market Value''.   For the purposes of this Plan,
the  closing  sale  price  of a Share of the Common Stock, as quoted in Nasdaq
National  Market  listings,  on  the  Stock Award Date as defined in the Plan.

     2.16  ''Stock  Option  Agreement''.      A  written  agreement  between a
Non-Employee  Director and the Company evidencing an Option under the terms of
the  RCSB  Financial,  Inc.  1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan.


                                 ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     3.1  Administrator  of  the Plan.   The Plan shall be administered by the
Human  Resources  Committee  of  the  Board  (''Committee'').

     3.2  Authority  of  Committee.    The Committee shall have full power and
authority  to:  (i)  interpret  and construe the Plan and adopt such rules and
regulations  as  it  shall  deem  necessary  and  advisable  to  implement and
administer  the  Plan  and  (ii)  designate  persons other than members of the
Committee  to  carry  out  its  responsibilities, subject to such limitations,
restrictions  and  conditions  as  it may prescribe, such determinations to be
made  in accordance with the Committee's best business judgment as to the best
interests  of  the  Company  and  its  stockholders and in accordance with the
purposes  of  the Plan. The Committee may delegate administrative duties under
the  Plan  to  one  or  more  agents  as it shall deem necessary or advisable.

     3.3  Determinations  of  Committee.     A majority of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Committee, and all determinations of
the Committee shall be made by a majority of its members. Any determination of
the Committee under the Plan may be made without a meeting of the Committee by
a  written  consent  signed  by  all  members  of  the  Committee.

     3.4  Effect  of Committee Determinations.   No member of the Committee or
the  Board  shall be personally liable for any action or determination made in
good  faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or for any settlement of any
dispute  between  a  Non-Employee  Director  and  the Company. Any decision or
action  taken  by  the  Committee or the Board with respect to an Award or the
administration  or  interpretation of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding
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                                  ARTICLE IV

                            AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

     Awards  in the form of Options shall be granted to Non-Employee Directors
under  Article  VIII  of this Plan in accordance with the RCSB Financial, Inc.
1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan as amended. Awards in the form of Shares
may be granted to Non-Employee Directors in accordance with Articles IX and X.
Each  Option  granted  under  the  Plan  shall  be evidenced by a Stock Option
Agreement.


                                  ARTICLE V

                                 ELIGIBILITY

     Non-Employee Directors of the Company shall be eligible to participate in
the  Plan  in  accordance  with  Articles  VIII,  IX  and  X.


                                  ARTICLE VI

                          SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     Subject to adjustment as provided in Article XII, the aggregate number of
Shares  which  may be issued upon the award of Shares shall not exceed 500,000
Shares.  The  aggregate number of Shares which may be issued upon the exercise
of  Options  is  subject  to  the Shares available under Section 3 of the RCSB
Financial,  Inc. 1992 Stock-Based Compensation Plan which determines the total
number  of  Shares  which  may  be issued to employees or directors under that
Plan.


                                 ARTICLE VII

  THE RCSB FINANCIAL, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

     Non-Employee  Directors  may  defer  the  payment  of  all or a specified
portion  of  the  compensation payable to the Non-Employee Director, including
the  annual  retainer  and meeting fees. The RCSB Financial, Inc. Non-Employee
Director  Deferred  Compensation  Plan  (''the  Deferral  Plan'')  requires an
irrevocable election by the Director to make a deferral and the selection of a
Deferral  Payment  Date. The Deferral Plan allows the Non-Employee Director to
select  a  method  to  accrue interest earnings for prospective deferrals. One
method  provides  interest  based  on  the average rate of return on assets of
Rochester  Community  Savings  Bank  while  the other method provides earnings
based  on the change in stock price and dividends paid on deferred shares paid
to  a  Non-Employee  Director. The terms of the Deferral Plan shall govern any
deferrals  elected  by  Non-Employee  Directors  under the terms of this Plan.



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                                 ARTICLE VIII

                             NON-ELECTIVE OPTIONS

     Each  Non-Employee  Director  shall  be  granted  Options, subject to the
following  terms  and  conditions:

     8.1  Time  of  Grant.      On the fourth Wednesday of May each year, each
person  who  is a Non-Employee Director shall be granted an Option to purchase
1,000  Shares  as  provided  by  Section  11  of the RCSB Financial, Inc. 1992
Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan.

     8.2  Terms  of  the Grant.   All of the terms of the grant including, but
not limited to, the determination of the purchase price and all aspects of the
exercisability  of  the grant shall be determined in accordance with the terms
of  the  1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan.


                                  ARTICLE IX

                             NON-ELECTIVE SHARES

     Each  Non-Employee  Director  shall  be  granted  Shares,  subject to the
following  terms  and  conditions:

     9.1  Time  of  Stock  Award.   On the first business day of each calendar
quarter  each person who is a Non-Employee Director shall be granted Shares in
lieu  of  20%  of  the  Quarterly  Fees Earned for the prior calendar quarter.

     9.2  Number  of  Shares.    The number of Shares granted pursuant to this
Article  shall be the whole number of Shares equal to (i) 20% of the Quarterly
Fees  Earned  for  the  prior  calendar quarter for the Non-Employee Director,
divided by (ii) the Stock Award Fair Market Value on the Stock Award Date. Any
fraction  of  a  Share  shall  be disregarded and the remaining amount of such
Quarterly  Fees  Earned shall be paid in cash unless the Non-Employee Director
has  elected  to  defer  receipt  of the compensation under the Deferral Plan.
Where  no  deferral  election  exists, the stock certificate representing such
Shares shall be issued and transferred to the Non-Employee Director, whereupon
the  Non-Employee  Director  shall  become  a  Shareholder of the Company with
respect  to such Shares and shall be entitled to vote the Shares. In the event
the  Non-Employee  Director has elected to defer the compensation described in
this  article  under  the  Deferral  Plan, fractional Shares of stock shall be
accumulated  in the Deferral Plan and Shares in the Deferral Plan shall not be
issued  until  the Deferral Payment Date elected under the terms of that plan.



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                                  ARTICLE X

                               ELECTIVE SHARES

     Each  Non-Employee  Director  shall  be  granted  Shares,  subject to the
following  terms  and  conditions:

     10.1 Time of Grant.   On the first business day of each calendar quarter,
Shares  shall  be granted to each Non-Employee Director who, by December 31 of
the  prior  calendar  year, files with the Committee or its designee a written
election  to  receive  Shares in lieu of all or a portion of such Non-Employee
Director's  Quarterly  Fees  Earned  not already subject to Article IX of this
Plan. In the event a Non-Employee Director does not file a written election in
accordance  with  the  preceding sentence by reason of becoming a Non-Employee
Director  after  January  1  of  that  year,  Shares  shall be granted to such
Non-Employee  Director on the first day (the ''Effective Date'' ) which is six
months  after  the date such Non-Employee Director files with the Committee or
its  designee a written election to receive Shares in lieu of all or a portion
of  such  Non-Employee Director's Quarterly Fees Earned not already subject to
Article  IX of this Plan; provided, however, that such election may apply only
to  the  Non-Employee  Director's  Quarterly  Fees  Earned  earned  after  the
Effective  Date.  An  election  pursuant to the first sentence of this Section
10.1 may be revoked or changed only on or prior to January 1 of any succeeding
calendar  year.

     10.2  Number  of  Shares.   The number of Shares granted pursuant to this
Article  shall  be  the whole number of Shares equal to (i) the portion of the
Quarterly  Fees  Earned  for the prior calendar quarter which the Non-Employee
Director  has  elected  pursuant  to  Section 10.1 shall be payable in Shares,
divided by (ii) the Stock Award Fair Market Value on the Stock Award Date. Any
fraction  of  a  Share  shall  be disregarded and the remaining amount of such
Quarterly  Fees  Earned shall be paid in cash unless the Non-Employee Director
has  elected  to  defer  receipt of such compensation under the Deferral Plan.
Where  no  deferral  election  exists, the stock certificate representing such
Shares shall be issued and transferred to the Non-Employee Director, whereupon
the  Non-Employee  Director  shall  become  a  shareholder of the Company with
respect  to such Shares and shall be entitled to vote the Shares. In the event
the  Non-Employee  Director has elected to defer the compensation described in
this  article  under  the  Deferral  Plan, fractional shares of stock shall be
accumulated  in the Deferral Plan and Shares in the Deferral Plan shall not be
issued  until  the Deferral Payment Date elected under the terms of that plan.

                                  ARTICLE XI

                          AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

     The  Board  may amend the Plan from time to time or terminate the Plan at
any  time;  provided,  however,  that  with regard to Options it complies with
Section  19  of  the  1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan.



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                                 ARTICLE XII

                            ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS

     If  the  Company  shall  at  any  time change the number of issued Shares
without  new  consideration  to  the Company (such as by stock dividend, stock
split,  recapitalization,  reorganization,  exchange  of  shares, liquidation,
combination  or  other  change in corporate structure affecting the Shares) or
make  a distribution of cash or property which has a substantial impact on the
value of issued Shares, the total number of Shares reserved for issuance under
the  Plan  shall be appropriately adjusted. Section 10 of the 1992 Stock-Based
Compensation  Plan  describes  circumstances  requiring  an adjustment and the
effect  of  an  adjustment  on  outstanding  Options  and  available  options.


                                 ARTICLE XIII

                                EFFECTIVE DATE

     The  Plan  shall  be  submitted  to  the  shareholders of the Company for
approval  and,  if  approved  by  a majority of all the votes cast at the 1996
Annual  Meeting  of  Shareholders,  shall  become  effective as of the date of
approval  by  the  Board.  If Shareholder approval is not obtained at the 1996
Annual  Meeting  of  Shareholders,  the  Plan  shall  be  nullified.



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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.2


                           THE RCSB FINANCIAL, INC.
               NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

1.          PURPOSE  OF  PLAN

     The  purpose  of  the RCSB Financial, Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred
Compensation  Plan (''Plan'') is to provide a procedure whereby members of the
Board  of  Directors  of  RCSB  Financial,  Inc. (''the Company'') who are not
employees  of  the Company or any of its subsidiaries (''Director'') may defer
the  payment  of all or a specified portion of the compensation payable to the
Director  for  services  as a Director, including the annual retainer, meeting
fees,  and  fees  payable  to  a  Director for services above and beyond those
services  in  connection  with his or her Board and committee responsibilities
(''Fees'').


2.          ADMINISTRATION

     The  Plan shall be administered by a committee (''Committee'') consisting
of  no  fewer  than  two  persons  appointed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.  Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
have  plenary authority in its discretion to interpret the Plan, to prescribe,
amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and to make all other
determinations  deemed  necessary  or  advisable for the administration of the
Plan.  The  determinations  of the Committee on the foregoing matters shall be
conclusive  and  binding  on  all  interested  parties.


3.          ELECTION  TO  DEFER

     A  Director  may irrevocably elect, on or before December 31 of any year,
to  defer payment of all or a specified portion of any unearned Fees scheduled
to  be paid to such Director in succeeding calendar years. Such election shall
be  effective  on  the first day of the calendar year following receipt by the
Secretary  of  the  Company  of  written  notice  thereof.


4.          DIRECTORS'  ACCOUNTS

     There shall be established for each Director participating in the Plan an
account  on  the  books  of  the  Company, to be designated as such Director's
deferred compensation account (''Account''). This Account shall contain one or
more  sub-accounts  as  described  below. All amounts deferred pursuant to the
Plan,  together  with  any  further  amounts  accrued  thereon, as hereinafter
provided,  shall  be  held  in  the  general  funds  of  the Company and shall
represent  an  unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company. Such
amounts shall be credited to the Director's Account. The Company shall furnish
quarterly  or  upon request to each participating Director a statement of such
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     A Director may elect that the balance in his or her Account be determined
by  reference  to one or a combination of the following factors (''Factors''),
provided  that  allocations  must  be  made  in  multiples  of  20%:

(A)  the  addition  of  interest,  to be accrued during each quarter and to be
credited  to  such Account on the first business day following the end of such
quarter  on  the  basis  of  the  average  balance in such Account during each
quarter,  at  a  rate  equal  to  the  average rate of return on assets of the
Company  for the quarter being credited (the ''Guaranteed Rate Sub-Account'');
or

(B) a number of shares (''Shares''), to be determined and valued in accordance
with  the fair market value of Shares of the Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par
value  per Share (''the Company Stock''), the method of such determination and
valuation  being  set  forth  in  Attachment  A  to  the Plan (''Company Stock
Sub-Account''),  or

(C)  for  deferral  elections made prior to January 1, 1996, a number of units
(Units),  to  be  determined  in  accordance with the fair market value of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per Share (''the Company Stock''), the
method  of such determination and valuation being set forth in Attachment B of
the  Plan  (''the  Share  Unit  Sub-Account'').

     The  Director's  election as to the Factor or Factors to be referenced to
determine  the  balance in his or her Account and any change in such election,
shall  be effective on the first day of the calendar year following receipt by
the  Secretary  of  the  Company of written notice thereof; provided, however,
that  in the absence of any such election, the Factor for a Director's Account
shall  be  deemed  to be the Guaranteed Rate Sub-Account; and provided further
that,  during  any  period after the third anniversary of any Deferral Payment
Date,  the  remaining  balance  in  a  Director's Share Unit Sub-Account shall
thereafter  be  determined  by  the  Guaranteed  Rate  Sub-Account.


5.          PAYMENT  FROM  DIRECTORS'  ACCOUNTS

     At the time a Director elects to participate in the Plan, he or she shall
also  make  an  election,  which  election  shall  be  irrevocable,  except as
hereinafter  provided,  as to his or her deferral payment date, which shall be
the first business day of a calendar year selected by the Director (''Deferral
Payment  Date''); provided, however, that such year shall in no event be later
than the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the Director
shall  have  become ineligible for election or re-election as a Director under
the  Company's  By-Laws.  In  no  event may a Deferral Payment Date be changed
except  as  provided  in  Section  6.



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     Payment  of  the  balance in a Director's Guaranteed Rate Sub-Account and
Share  Unit  Sub-Accounts shall be made in cash in a lump sum or in the number
of  annual  installments  elected  by  such Director at the time of his or her
election of a Deferral Payment Date. Subsequently, the Committee may, with the
consent  of  a  Director,  on  a  one-time  basis  reduce the number of annual
installments  (including  a  reduction  to a lump sum payment) payable to such
Director, provided that any such reduction is made no later than 30 days prior
to  such  Director's  Deferral Payment Date. The first installment or the lump
sum,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall be paid on the Deferral Payment Date, and
subsequent  installments,  if  any, shall be paid on the first business day of
each  succeeding  calendar  year  until  the  entire  remaining  balance  in a
Director's  Account  shall  have  been paid. When a Director is to receive the
balance  of  his  or  her  Account  in  annual  installments, each such annual
installment  shall  be  a  fraction of the balance in such Account on the date
such  annual  installment is to be paid, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator  of which is the total number of installments then remaining to be
paid.

     Payment of the balance in a Director's Company Stock Sub-Account shall be
made  only  as  a single payment in Shares of the Company stock. The number of
Shares  of  Company  Stock  shall  be  equal  to  the  number  of  whole Share
Equivalents  credited  to  a  Director's  Company  Stock Sub-Account as of the
Deferral Payment Date. The stock certificate representing such Shares shall be
issued and transferred to the Director on the Deferral Payment Date elected at
the  time  of  his  or  her election of a Deferral Payment Date, whereupon the
Director shall become a shareholder of the Company with respect to such Shares
and  shall  be  entitled  to  vote the Shares. Any fractional Share Equivalent
shall  be  paid  in  cash  in  a  lump  sum  on  the  Deferral  Payment  Date.


6.          PAYMENT  IN  EVENT  OF  DEATH  OR  HARDSHIP

     If a Director should die before the balance in his or her Guaranteed Rate
Sub-Account  or  Share  Unit  Sub-Account  shall  have  been paid in full, the
balance then remaining shall be paid promptly in a lump sum to such Director's
estate or to his or her designated beneficiary or beneficiaries. If a Director
should die before the balance in his or her Company Stock Sub-Account is paid,
a  stock  certificate representing such Shares shall be issued and transferred
to  the  Director's  estate  or  designated  beneficiary  or  beneficiaries. A
Director may designate one or more beneficiaries (which may be an entity other
than  a natural person) to receive any payments to be made upon the Director's
death. At any time, and from time to time, any such designation may be changed
or  canceled  by  the  Director  without  notice  to  or  the  consent  of any
beneficiary.  Any such designation, change, or cancellation shall be effective
upon  receipt  by the Secretary of the Company of written notice thereof. If a
Director   designates  more  than   one  beneficiary,  any  payments  to  such
beneficiaries shall be made in equal Shares unless the Director has designated
otherwise.  If  no  beneficiary  has  been  named  by  the Director, or if the
designated  beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have predeceased him or her, or
shall  no  longer  exist,  the balance shall be paid to the Director's estate.

     The  Committee  may,  at  any  time,  under rules which it may prescribe,
direct  the  Company  to pay in a lump sum to a Director all or any portion of
the  balance  then  in the Director's Accounts, if the Committee finds, in its
sole discretion, that continued deferral of all or any portion of such balance
shall  result  in  a financial hardship to such Director or that such Director
has  become  disabled.  In  the case of a then existing election to defer, the
Committee's  determination  to  pay  all  or any portion of such balance shall
immediately  operate  as  a  termination  of  such  election  to  defer.


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7.          TERMINATION  OF  ELECTION  TO  DEFER

     A Director may at any time terminate his or her election to defer payment
of  Fees.  Such  termination  shall  become  effective  on the last day of the
calendar  year in which written notice thereof is received by the Secretary of
the  Company; provided, however, that any balance in the Account of a Director
prior  to  the effective date of termination of an election to defer shall not
be  affected  thereby and shall be paid only in accordance with Sections 5 and
6.  A  Director  who  has  filed  a  termination of election to defer or whose
election  to  defer  has  been  terminated  in  accordance  with Section 6 may
thereafter  again  file  an  election  to  defer in accordance with Section 3.


8.          NONASSIGNABILITY

     During  a  Director's  lifetime,  the  right to the balance in his or her
Account shall not be transferable or assignable. Nothing contained in the Plan
shall create, or be deemed to create, a trust, actual or constructive, for the
benefit  of  a Director or his or her beneficiary, or shall give, or be deemed
to  give,  to  any  Director  or  his  or  her beneficiary any interest in any
specific  assets  of  the  Company.  The right of a Director to receive future
payments under the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets
of  the  Company.


9.          AMENDMENT

     The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Company may, at any time, without the
consent of the participants, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan. Subject to
any  applicable laws and regulations, no amendment, suspension, or termination
of  the Plan shall operate to annul an election already in effect for the then
current  year or for any preceding calendar year and Fees shall continue to be
deferred  until  the  end  of  such current calendar year in accordance with a
Director's  then  current  election; and the balance in the Director's Account
shall  continue  to  be  Payable  in accordance with a Director's then current
election  and,  until  paid,  to be measured by a factor to be determined from
time  to  time  by  the  Committee.


10.          GOVERNING  LAW

     The  Plan  shall  be  construed and enforced according to the laws of the
State  of  New  York,  and  all  the  provisions thereof shall be administered
according  to  the  laws  of  said  State.


11.          SEVERABILITY  OF  PROVISIONS

     If  any  of  the provisions of the Plan or the application thereof to any
Director  shall  be  held  invalid,  neither the remainder of the Plan nor its
application  to  any  other  Director  shall  be  affected  thereby.



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12.          PRIOR  PLAN

     This  Plan  is  intended to supersede, in all respects, the RCSB Deferred
Compensation  Plan  for  Directors  and  the  Fee  Deferral  Plan for Trustees
(''Prior  Plans'')  previously  adopted  by  the  then  Board  of Directors or
Trustees  of The Rochester Community Savings Bank, and its predecessors, which
Prior  Plans  were  effective  as  of  November  10, 1986 and January 1, 1980,
respectively.  The Prior Plans shall be terminated as of the effective date of
this Plan provided, however, that such termination shall not affect the rights
of  any  director,  trustee,  former  director or trustee, or beneficiary in a
deferred  fee  account  as it exists prior to the effective date of this Plan.
Any  individual  with  an  account  balance in the Prior Plans may, by written
election  to  be effective on the first day of the calendar year following its
receipt  by  the  Secretary  of the Company, elect to have the balance in such
account  hereafter determined  by reference o either or both Factor (A) or (B)
as  described  in  Section  4  of  this  Plan.


13.          EFFECTIVE  DATE

     The  plan  is  hereby  amended,  effective  on  the  date  of approval by
shareholders  at  the 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. If such Shareholder
approval  is  not  obtained  at  the  1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the
amendments  to  the  plan contained herein and any anticipatory elections made
under  this  Plan  shall  be  nullified.



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                                                                  ATTACHMENT A


                                 DEFINITIONS

(a)          ''Common  Stock''.      The  Common Stock of RCSB Financial, Inc.

(b)          ''Share or Shares'' means one or more shares of Common Stock, par
value  $1.00,  of  the  Company.

(c)         ''Fair Market Value''.   For the purposes of this Plan the closing
sale  price  of  a  share  of  Common  Stock, as quoted by the Nasdaq National
Market,  on  the  Stock  Award  Date,  as  defined  in  the  Plan.

(d)        ''Valuation Date''.   The earlier of the date on which a Director's
election  to  decrease  the portion of his or her Company Stock Sub-Account is
effective,  or  the  ''Deferral  Payment  Date'',  as  defined  in  the  Plan.

(e)          ''Share  Equivalents''.   Describes the sum of: (1) the number of
Shares  determined by dividing the deferral amount by the Fair Market Value of
the  Common  Stock on the first business day following the end of each quarter
for  which a deferral is elected in accordance with the Plan, and (2) for each
dividend  paid  by  the  Company,  a  number  of  additional Share Equivalents
determined  in  accordance  with  the following paragraph. Equivalents are not
Shares  of  Common  Stock  and  have none of the voting powers associated with
Shares.


                        AWARDING OF SHARE EQUIVALENTS

     The Company shall, on the first day of each calendar quarter, credit to a
Director's  Company  Stock Sub-Account an amount of Share Equivalents equal to
the value of all or part of the Director's Quarterly Fees Earned elected to be
deferred  in  accordance with the Plan divided by the Fair Market Value of the
Common  Stock.  In  addition,  the Company shall, on the payment date for each
dividend  payment,  credit  to  Director's  Company  Stock  Sub-Account  Share
Equivalents  determined  by  a number, the numerator of which is the per Share
value  of  the dividend multiplied by the number of Share Equivalents credited
to  the  Director's  Company  Stock  Sub-Account as of the record date and the
denominator  of  which  is  the  Fair  Market Value of the Common Stock on the
dividend  payment  date.


                        VALUATION OF SHARE EQUIVALENTS

     Share  Equivalents are valued as of any date by multiplying the number of
Share Equivalents in a Director's Company Stock Sub-Account by the Fair Market
Value  of  the  Common  Stock  on  the  date  for which the valuation is made.
Accordingly, the valuation of the Company Stock Sub-Account will change as the
Fair  Market  Value  of  the  Common  Stock  changes  and  will appreciate and
depreciate  with  the  changing  Fair  Market  Value.



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           TRANSFERS INTO AND OUT OF THE COMPANY STOCK SUB-ACCOUNT

     In  the  event  a Director elects to transfer amounts from the Guaranteed
Rate  Sub-Account  or  the  Share Unit Sub-Account in accordance with the Plan
into  the  Company Stock Sub-Account, such transfer will be made effective the
first  business  day in January following the transfer election and the number
of  Equivalent  Shares  will  be  determined  by  dividing  the  value  of the
transferred  amount  by  the Fair Market Value as of the transfer date. In the
event a Director elects to transfer amounts from the Company Stock Sub-Account
in  accordance with the Plan into the Guaranteed Rate Sub-Account or the Share
Unit  Sub-Account, such transfer will be made effective the first business day
in  January  following  the  transfer  election  and  will  be  determined  by
multiplying  the  number  of  Equivalent Shares transferred by the Fair Market
Value  as  of  the  transfer  date.


                               CHANGES IN STOCK

     In  the  event  that (a) the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
shall   be  changed   by  reason  of   split-ups,  combinations   of   shares,
recapitalizations,  stock  dividends  or otherwise, or (b) the Common Stock is
converted  into  or  exchanged  for  other shares as a result of any merger or
consolidation  (including  a  sale  of  assets) or other recapitalization, the
number  of  Units then credited to the account of any Director and the Initial
Value  of  all Share Units included therein shall be appropriately adjusted so
as  to  reflect  such  change.



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                                                                  ATTACHMENT B


                                 DEFINITIONS

(a)  ''Common  Stock''.      The  common stock of RCSB Financial, Inc., (''the
Company'').

(b)  ''Share Unit''.   Subject to the provisions herein, the equivalent of one
(1)  share  of  Common  Stock.

(c)  ''Initial  Value''.   Unless the Committee shall determine otherwise, the
closing  sale  price  of  a  share  of  Common  Stock, as quoted by the Nasdaq
National  Market,  on  the  date  of  credit  of  Share  Units.

(d)  ''Valuation  Date''.      The  earlier  of the date on which a Director's
election  to  decrease  the  portion of his or her account to be determined by
reference  to  this  factor  is effective, or the ''Deferral Payment Date'' as
defined  in  the  Plan.

(e)  ''Maturity  Value''.   The closing sale price of a share of Common Stock,
as  quoted  by  the  Nasdaq  National  Market,  on  the  Valuation  Date.

(f)  ''Dividend  Unit''.     The equivalent of that number of shares of Common
Stock  obtained  by  dividing   the  fair  value  of  any  dividend  or  other
distribution paid or made by the Company with respect to a share of its Common
Stock (but not including a distribution of Common Stock) by the average of the
means  between  the  high  and low sales prices of a share of Common Stock, as
quoted  on  the  Nasdaq  National  Market,  for  the five (5) consecutive days
commencing  on  the  date  on  which the Common Stock first trades ''ex'' such
dividend  or  distribution. In the case of a cash dividend, the ''fair value''
thereof  shall  be  such  amount  as  shall be determined in good faith by the
Committee.

(g)  ''Units''.      Share  Units  and  Dividend  Units,  collectively.


                             SHARE UNIT ACCOUNTS

     The  Company  shall,  at such times as credits are made to Accounts under
the  Plan,  record  in a ledger (the ''Ledger'') with respect to each Director
who has elected to have the value of all or a part of his or her account to be
determined by reference to this factor, a number of Share Units which shall be
equal  to  that  percentage  of the amount credited to such Director's Account
under  the  Plan  as  will be determined by this factor divided by the Initial
Value.  Whenever  the  Company  shall  pay  any dividend (other than in Common
Stock)  upon issued and outstanding Common Stock, or shall make a distribution
(other  than in Common Stock) with respect thereto, there shall be credited to
such  Ledger  such number of Dividend Units as shall be allocable to the Share
Units  then  credited  to such Ledger. In the event that any Director shall at
any  time  decrease  the  portion  of  his  or her account to be determined by
reference  to  this factor, then there shall be removed from the Ledger on the
effective  date  of  such  decrease  a  number of Share Units which shall be a
fraction  of  the  number  of  Share  Units  then  recorded in the Ledger, the
numerator  of  which  fraction shall be the new percentage to be determined by
reference  to this factor and the denominator of which shall be the percentage
theretofore  determined  by  reference  to  this  factor.


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                              VALUATION OF UNITS

     The  value  of  that  portion of a Director's account to be determined by
reference  to  this factor shall be determined on the Valuation Date and shall
consist of the sum of (a) the designated portion of the balance in the Account
under  the  Plan  and  (b)  the excess, if any, of the Maturity Value over the
Initial  Value  of  all  Share  Units  included in the Ledger in the case of a
valuation  made  on  the  Deferral  Payment Date or the excess, if any, of the
Maturity  Value  over  the  Initial  Value with respect to that portion of the
Share  Units  as to which this factor will no longer be referenced in the case
of  a  valuation  made  on  any  other date, and (c) the Maturity Value of the
Dividend  Units  included  in  the  Ledger. In the event that any Director has
elected  to  receive the balance of his or her Account in annual installments,
then,  any  balance  in the Account shall, from and after the Deferral Payment
Date,  bear  interest  at  the  Guaranteed  Rate,  as  defined  in  the  Plan.


                               CHANGES IN STOCK

     In  the  event  that (a) the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
shall   be  changed  by  reason   of  split-ups,   combinations   of   shares,
recapitalizations,  stock  dividends  or otherwise, or (b) the Common Stock is
converted  into  or  exchanged  for  other shares as a result of any merger or
consolidation  (including  a  sale  of  assets) or other recapitalization, the
number  of  Units  then credited to the Ledger of any Director and the Initial
Value  of  all Share Units included therein shall be appropriately adjusted so
as  to  reflect  such  change.



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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.3

                              AMENDMENT  TO  THE
                     ROCHESTER  COMMUNITY  SAVINGS  BANK
                    1992  STOCK  BASED  COMPENSATION  PLAN


          WHEREAS,  Rochester Community Savings Bank (the "Bank") sponsors its

1992  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan  (the  "Plan"),  and

          WHEREAS,  the  Bank  is a wholly owned subsidiary of RCSB Financial,

Inc.  (the  "Parent"),  and

          WHEREAS,  the  Parent  wishes to amend the Plan concerning the stock

options  provided  to  directors  who  serve  on the Board of Directors of the

Parent,
          NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  Plan  is  amended  as  follows:

          1.   Section 1 of  the Plan titled "Introduction  and  Statement  of

Purpose",  is  amended  to  read  in  full  as  follows:

          This  Stock-Based  Compensation  Plan  (the  "Plan")  is intended to
encourage  stock  ownership  by selected officers, employees, and directors of
RCSB  Financial,  Inc.  (the  "Bank"),   and  its  wholly  owned  subsidiaries
(collectively,  the "Subsidiaries" and individually, a "Subsidiary"), in order
to  increase  their  proprietary  interest  in  the success of the Bank and to
encourage  them  to remain in the employ of the Bank or a Subsidiary.  Options
granted  under this Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options (as defined and
provided  for  in Section 5(a) of this Plan) or Nonstatutory Stock Options (as
defined  and  provided  for  in  Section  5(b)  of  this  Plan),  and shall be
determined in each specific case by a duly appointed committee of the Board of
Directors  of  the Bank (the "Committee") as hereinafter provided.  As used in
this  Plan, the term "option" shall refer to either Incentive Stock Options or
Nonstatutory  Stock  Options,  or  both.

          2.   Subsection (a) of Section 10 of  the Plan,  titled  "Adjustment

Upon Changes in Capitalization: Changes in  Control", is amended to delete the

reference  to approval of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York



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<PAGE>

          3.  Section  11  of  the Plan,  titled "Director  Stock Options", is

hereby amended  to  read  in  full  as  follows:

     (a)   On the fourth Wednesday of May following the director's election at
the  annual meeting of shareholders of the Bank and on the fourth Wednesday of
each May thereafter during such director's term, each director of the Bank who
is  not  otherwise an employee of the Bank or a Subsidiary shall automatically
be  granted  Nonstatutory Stock Options to purchase 1,000 shares of the Bank's
Stock.  Any director's stock option granted hereunder shall be fully vested on
the  date  of  grant.

     (b)   Automatic director stock option grants shall only be made if, as of
each  date  of  grant  (i)  there remains in effect a standing resolution duly
adopted  by  the  Board of Directors authorizing such grants, which resolution
may  not be adopted or rescinded more frequently than once each year, (ii) the
director  is  not otherwise an employee of the Bank or a Subsidiary, (iii) the
director  has not been an employee of the Bank or a Subsidiary for any part of
the preceding year, and (iv) the director has served on the Board of Directors
continuously  since  the  commencement  of  his  or  her  term.

          IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed this 22nd day

of  November,  1995.

                         RCSB FINANCIAL, INC.


                         By:     /s/ Paula  D.  Dolan

                         Title:  Sr. Vice  President/Administration



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