Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY

Trustco Bank	Federally chartered savings bank
ORE Subsidiary Corp.	New York corporation
Trustco Realty Corp.	New York corporation (Subsidiary of Trustco Bank)
Trustco Insurance Agency, Inc.	New York corporation (Subsidiary of Trustco Bank)
ORE Property, Inc.	New York corporation (Subsidiary of Trustco Bank)

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