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

                                                     FORM 8-K

                                                  CURRENT REPORT
                                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OFTHE
                                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 27, 2006
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                               AMREP CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Oklahoma                          1-4702                  59-0936128
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission File        (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                 Number)                 Identification Number)

300 Alexander Park, Suite 204, Princeton, New Jersey               08540
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (609) 716-8200
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item. 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On October 27,  2006,  the Board of  Directors  of the  Registrant  elected
Irving  Needleman  a  Vice  President,  General  Counsel  and  Secretary  of the
Registrant, effective November 1, 2006, to replace Joseph S. Moran who currently
holds those positions and is leaving the  Registrant's  employ in November 2006.
Mr. Needleman's annual salary will be $184,860.

                                   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.

                                                    AMREP CORPORATION
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                                                       (Registrant)

                                                    By:  /s/ Peter M Pizza
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                                                         Peter M. Pizza
                                                         Vice President and
                                                         Chief Financial Officer

Date:  October 31, 2006
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