DEFA14A

                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. )

Filed by the Registrant [ X ] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ]

Check the appropriate box:
   [   ]  Preliminary Proxy Statement
   [   ]  Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
          14a-6(e)(2))
   [   ]  Definitive Proxy Statement
   [ X ]  Definitive Additional Materials
   [   ]  Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

               Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
            (Name of  Registrant  as Specified  In Its Charter)


   (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
   [ X ] No fee required.
   [   ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4)and 0-11.
        1)  Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
        2)  Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
        3)  Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
          pursuant to Exchange  Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the
          filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
        4)  Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
        5)  Total fee paid:
   [   ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
   [   ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange
         Act Rule 0- 11(a)(2) and  identify the filing for which the  offsetting
         fee was paid  previously.  Identify the previous filing by registration
         statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
        1)  Amount Previously Paid:
        2)  Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
        3)  Filing Party:
        4)  Date Filed:

EX-99

The following  will appear on the  Company's  website  (www.coned.com)  starting
today:

A VOTE FOR THE COMPANY'S FUTURE

      The Company has mailed proxy materials to its stockholders of record as of
October  28,  1997  announcing  a special  stockholders'  meeting  to be held on
December 12, 1997.  The meeting has been called to consider the proposal to form
a holding company  structure for the Company,  in which Con Edison will become a
subsidiary  of the holding  company to be named  Consolidated  Edison,  Inc. The
proxy materials also provide our  stockholders  with the opportunity to consider
and vote on a  proposal  to amend  Con  Edison's  Certificate  of  Incorporation
regarding the authorized number of Trustees of Con Edison.

      We  strongly  recommend  that our  stockholders  vote  for  this  exciting
initiative.  The  holding  company is  important  for the  future  growth of the
Company.  It will give the Company the financial and  regulatory  flexibility to
participate  successfully  in those segments of the energy  business in which we
have been operating for many years but which are now becoming competitive and to
provide new competitive services to customers, while maintaining the strength of
our core regulated  electric,  gas and steam utility  business.  Holding company
structures  have been adopted  successfully  in recent years by many other large
utilities in the United States.

      Every  vote is  important.  The  holding  company  proposal  requires  the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Common and $5 Cumulative  Preferred shares
outstanding.  Failing to vote or voting to abstain  will have the same effect as
voting against the holding company proposal. Therefore, if you are a stockholder
and haven't sent in your proxy card,  please  sign,  date and send it in without
delay.  If you own stock  though a brokerage  firm your broker  cannot vote your
stock unless the broker receives your specific  instructions.  Therefore  please
sign and return the proxy card that you received from your broker.

      If you own stock, either directly or through a broker and haven't received
your proxy  materials,  if you've  misplaced  the proxy card, or if you have any
questions,  please  do not  hesitate  to call our  special  toll-free  number at
1-800-566-9061 to reach a representative of Morrow & Company, which is assisting
us with administering the proxy vote.