UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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CURRENT REPORT

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New York		0-14140		22-2655804
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Certificate of Incorporation

     On October 5, 2007, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Albany Companies Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a change (the “Certificate of Change”) to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) in accordance with New York Business Corporation Law Section 803 which provides that the Board may authorize a change in the location of the Company’s office.

     The Certificate of Change changed Paragraph THIRD of the Certificate of Incorporation in order to change the location of the principal place of business from Albany, New York to New York, New York by deleting the words “City of Albany, County of Albany” in Paragraph THIRD and replacing them with “County of New York.”

     The Certificate of Change is effective as of October 5, 2007. The foregoing description of the Certificate of Change is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Certificate of Change attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Bylaws

     On October 5, 2007, the Board of the Company adopted an amendment (the “Bylaw Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of the Company.

     The Bylaw Amendment amended Section 6.01 of ARTICLE VI of the Bylaws in order to change the location of the principal office of the Company from Albany, New York to New York, New York by deleting the words “City of Albany, County of Albany” in Section 6.01 of ARTICLE VI and replacing them with “City of New York, County of New York.”

     The Bylaw Amendment is effective as of October 5, 2007. The foregoing description of the Bylaw Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bylaw Amendment attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)      Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Certificate of Change to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of First Albany Companies Inc.
3.2		Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of First Albany Companies Inc.

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, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 11, 2007