EXHIBIT 24



POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints each of James R. Moore, residing at 6 Wintergreen Dr. West,

Melville, NY 11747 and Thomas D. Myers, residing at 3200 Douglas Drive, Yorktown

Hts., NY 10598, severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorneys-in-facts and agents, with full power of substitution or revocation,

for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to:



        (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (the

"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the

"Exchange Act");



        (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,

or 5 or any amendment or amendments thereto, and file any such Form with the

Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

and



        (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power

and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such

attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the

rights and powers herein granted.



        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in

serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 under Section 16 of

the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions

in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned

in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to

be executed as of this 1lth day of September, 2002.





~s George H.C. Lawrence