EXHIBIT 24.1

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

THE BANK OF NEW YORK COMPANY, INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    J. Carter Bacot

J. Carter Bacot

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    William R. Chaney

William R. Chaney

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Nichols N. Donofrio

Nicholas M. Donofrio

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Alan R. Griffith

Alan R. Griffith

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Gerald L. Hassell

Gerald L. Hassell

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Richard J. Kogan

Richard J. Kogan

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    John A. Luke, Jr.

John A. Luke, Jr.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    John C. Malone

John C. Malone

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Paul Myners

Paul Myners

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Catherine A. Rein

Catherine A. Rein

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Thomas A. Renyi

Thomas A. Renyi

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    William C. Richardson

William C. Richardson

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or director or both of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas A. Renyi, Gerald L. Hassell, Alan R. Griffith, Bruce W. Van Saun, J. Michael Shepherd and Patricia A. Bicket and each of them individually as the true and lawful attorney of the undersigned with power to act with or without the others and with power of substitution, and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director or both to execute, deliver and file any and all instruments and documents and to effect any and all applications which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem advisable or necessary to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof and the securities laws of any of the several States, in connection with the registration of the securities of the Company being registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other appropriate form to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Securities”), on the undersigned’s behalf, in any and all capacities stated therein, and to file such Registration Statement or statements including if appropriate a second Registration Statement that will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with the SEC under the Act, and to sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments to such Registration Statement or statements including post effective amendments and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever as any of said attorneys individually may deem necessary or advisable to fully carry out the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the actions of said attorneys and each of them which they may do or cause to be done by virtue of these Presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 14^th day of January, 2003.

/s/    Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts