FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo and Dye's Section 16 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Miller, Samuel H.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Forest City Enterprises, Inc. FCE A/FCE B		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director                                   X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below) Co-Chairman of the Board and Treasurer           (1)
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) 50 Public Square, Suite 1100	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 4/21/03
(Street) Cleveland , OH 44113		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)     (State)     (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B Common Stock								499,103	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock								690,303	I	See footnNote(3)
Class A Common Stock	4/21/03		S		29,500	D	$35.004	158,000	I	See footnote(7)
Class A Common Stock	4/22/03		S		5,900	D	$35.003	152,100	I	See footnote(7)
Class A Common Stock	4/23/03		S		800	D	$35.05	151,300	I	See footnote(7)
Class A Common Stock								105,000	I	See footnote(8)
Class B Common Stock								450	I	See footnote(9)
Class A Common Stock								4,500	D
Class A Common Stock								5,160.8950	D	401(k) Plan

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Co-Chairman of the Board and Treasurer of Forest City Enterprises, Inc.; general and limited partner in RMS, Ltd. an Ohio Limited Partnership (a 10% plus shareholder).
(2) Limited partner in RMS, Ltd., and held as Samuel H. Miller, Trustee
(3) Samuel H. Miller, Trustee of the Samuel H. Miller Trust UA June 10, 1983
(4) Shares were converted from Class B to Class A.
(5) Sale directly to another limited partner of RMS, Ltd.
(6) Held by Samuel H. Miller Family Fund, Inc. (Trust UA June 10, 1983) (Common B)
(7) Held by Samuel H. Miller Family Fund, Inc. (Trust UA June 10, 1983) (Common B) shares that were converted to Class A Common Stock. Shares are held in an account at McDonald Investments.
(8) Held by Samuel H. Miller Family Fund, Inc. (Trust UA June 10, 1983) (Common A)
(9) Samuel H. Miller, Trustee, general partner of RMS, Ltd.

By: /s/ Geralyn M. Presti
             Geralyn M. Presti, Attorney-In-Fact for Samuel H. Miller, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director
**Signature of Reporting Person 4/23/03
Date

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SEC FORMS 4 & 5


POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned, designated by the Board of Directors as a Section 16 Company Insider,
hereby constitutes and appoints Geralyn M. Presti and Eleanor Fanslau, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney of the undersigned, their name, place and
stead, to sign and file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 16 Reporting Forms,
and any and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pertaining to such filing, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and
approving the act of said attorney and any such substitute.



EFFECTIVE as of October 25, 2002.



By: /s/ Samuel H. Miller
      Samuel H. Miller