SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549


                            FORM 8-A/A


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


                    REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
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       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



              Maryland                      13-2764867 
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      (State of incorporation            (I.R.S. Employer 
          or organization)              Identification No.)


  452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York          10018 
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(Address of principal executive offices)      (Zip Code)


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


                                     Name of Each Exchange on
Title of Each Class                  Which Each Class 
to be Registered                     Is To Be Registered
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$1.8125 Cumulative Preferred Stock   New York Stock Exchange
($25 stated value)

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

                              None  
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                         (Title of Class)


Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
                    
          A description of the Registrant's 3,000,000 shares
          of $1.8125 Cumulative Preferred Stock ($25 stated value)
          to be registered hereby, was filed with the Securities 
          and Exchange Commission in the Registrant's
          Prospectus Supplement dated June 20, 1995 to the Prospectus
          dated May 7, 1993 as part of the Registrant's Registration
          Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 33-49507)
          (the "Registration Statement"), and such description is hereby
          incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.   Exhibits

          1.     Resolutions of the Finance Committee of
          the Board of Directors, adopted June 20, 1995, establishing the
          $1.8125 Cumulative Preferred Stock ($25 Stated Value)
          registered hereby, filed with the Securities and Exchange 
          Commission under cover of the Registrant's Form 8-A on
          June 22, 1995.

          2.     Form of Articles Supplementary relating to the
          Registrant's $1.8125 Cumulative Preferred Stock
          ($25 Stated Value), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
          4(v) to the Registrant's Registration Statement, as amended
          (Registration No. 33-49507), incorporated therein by reference to
          such exhibit filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
          under cover of the Registrant's Form 8-K on June 26, 1995. 
          (File No. 1-7436).

          3.    The Registrant's Registration Statement
          on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 33-49507), as previously
          filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated
          herein by reference.

          4.     The Registrant's Prospectus Supplement dated
          June 20, 1995, as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
          Commission on June 22, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference.

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

Dated:  June 26, 1995

                             REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION   

                             BY: William F. Rosenblum, Jr.   
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                                 William F. Rosenblum, Jr.
                                 Senior Vice President,
                                 Deputy General Counsel
                                 and Corporate Secretary