SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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                        FORM 8-A

    FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


           CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
    (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               New York                       13-5009430
     (State of incorporation)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
               4 Irving Place
             New York, New York
                   10003
    (Address of principal executive office)      (Zip code)


      Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                         Name of each exchange on
  Title of each class to                 which each class is to be
  be so registered                       registered

7.35%      Public      Income      NotES      (PINES)     The     New     York
Stock                                                   Exchange, Inc.

   If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1),  please check the
following box. / x /

      If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and
is to become  effective  simultaneously  with the  effectiveness of a concurrent
registration  statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933  pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2), please check the following box. / /


      Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                         None
                   (Title of class)




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ITEM 1.     Description of Registrant's Securities to be
            Registered

           The  $275,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of 7.35% Public Income
NotES (7.35 Debentures, Series 1999 A, the "Securities") to be registered hereby
are described in the Prospectus Supplement, dated June 25, 1999, relating to the
offering of the Securities,  submitted  yesterday for filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,  which  Prospectus are
incorporated  herein by reference.  The  Securities  were  registered  under the
Securities  Act of 1933 pursuant to certain  Registration  Statement on Form S-3
(Nos.  333-45745)  relating  to  $500  million  aggregate  principal  amount  of
unsecured debt securities of Registrant.


ITEM 2.     Exhibits

Exhibit
Number         Description

   1.          Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1990,
               between Registrant and The Chase Manhattan
               Bank (National Association), as Trustee ("Chase").
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to
               Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               Year ended December 31, 1990  ---  Commission File
               No. 1-1217).

   2.          Form of  Supplemental  Indenture  between  Registrant  and Chase.
               (Incorporated  by  Reference  To Exhibit No. 4.2 to  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-646567).)

   3           Form of  Security.  (Incorporated  by  Reference  to Exhibit 4 to
               Registrant's  Current  Report on Form 8-K,  dated  June 25,  1999
               Commission File No. 1-1217.)







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                             SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, Registrant has duly caused this registration  statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


Dated: July 13, 1999         Consolidated Edison Company of
                                   New York, Inc.


                                By:  JOAN S. FREILICH
                                     Joan S. Freilich
                                     Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer