Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Murphy Arthur

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First Albany Companies Inc(FACT)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Director                                       10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

Executive Managing Director                       

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

42 Prescott Avenue
 

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

 

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
2/14/03

(Street)

Bronxville, NY 10708

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 		 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
    Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)     (State)     (Zip)

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship Form:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

Common Stock(1)

2/14/03

 

P

 

909

A

$6.60

225,729(2)

D

 
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Shares of phantom stock units acquired under First Albany Companies Inc.Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Employees.
(2) Includes 3,246 shares of phantom stock units acquired under First Albany Companies Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Employees.
  By: /s/ Patricia Arciero-Craig as attorney In fact for Arthur Murphy
              
**Signature of Reporting Person		 2/19/03
Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

_____________ and ________________, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of ___________________________(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or

desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or

amendments thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights

and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this _____ day of _______ , 200__.





Signature:  /s/



Print Name:POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

Stephen Wink and Patricia Arciero-Craig, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of First Albany Companies Inc.(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or

desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or

amendments thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights

and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this 24 day of May, 2002.





Signature:  /s/



Print Name:POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

Stephen Wink and Patricia Arciero-Craig, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of First Albany Companies Inc.(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or

desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or

amendments thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights

and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this 24th day of May, 2002.



Signature:  /s/



Print Name:Arthur Murphy