UNITED STATES
                       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): January 16, 2007

                           GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

       Federal                        0-25165                 14-1809721
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(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File No.)        (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)                                    Identification No.)


302 Main Street, Catskill NY                           12414
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (518) 943-2600
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                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events
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     On January 16, 2007, the Board of Directors of Greene County Bancorp,  Inc.
approved  a  semiannual  cash  dividend  of $0.25  per  share.  A press  release
announcing the details of the declaration is filed as Exhibit 99.1.

     Greene  County  Bancorp,  MHC,  majority  stockholder  of the Greene County
Bancorp,  Inc.  and owner of  2,304,632  shares of the  4,146,826  total  shares
outstanding,  waived the right to receive its portion of the dividend,  based on
action of its Board of Directors. Accordingly, the dividend will be paid only on
the 1,842,194  shares owned by minority  stockholders  of Greene County Bancorp,
Inc.


         Exhibit No.                        Description
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         99                                 Press release dated January 17, 2007









                                   SIGNATURES
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     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.

                                   GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.


DATE:  January 22, 2006            By:  /s/ J. Bruce Whittaker
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                                         J. Bruce Whittaker
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer