Exhibit 23

           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
TrustCo Bank Corp NY:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements Form S-8
(No. 33-60409), Form S-8 (No. 333-78811), Form S-8 (No. 333-115689), Form S-8
(No. 333-115674), Form S-3 (No. 333-99687) and Form S-3 (No. 333-123988) of
TrustCo Bank Corp NY and subsidiaries of our reports dated February 27, 2007,
with respect to the consolidated statements of condition of TrustCo Bank Corp NY
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, management's
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2006 which reports appear in the December 31, 2006
Annual Report on Form 10-K of TrustCo Bank Corp NY.

Our report, with respect to the consolidated statements of condition of TrustCo
Bank Corp NY and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the
consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006,
refers to the Company's adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 158 "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and
132(R)" as of December 31, 2006, and Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108
"Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying
Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements" as of January 1, 2006.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Albany, New York
February 28, 2007