SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 27, 2008

Hudson Valley Holding Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)

New York	030525	13-3148745
(State or other jurisdic- tion of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

21 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers New York	10707
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (914) 961-6100

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 27, 2008, the registrant issued a press release announcing the appointment of Adam Ifshin to its board of directors. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements refer to future events or our future financial performance. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or the banking industry’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, material adverse changes in the Company’s operations or earnings, or a decline in the economy in the New York Metropolitan area. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press release dated February 27, 2008 issued by Hudson Valley Holding Corp.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP.
By:	/s/ Stephen R. Brown
	Senior Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

February 28, 2008