Exhibit 31(a)

            CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael S. Steiner, certify that:

1.   I have  reviewed  this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended June
     30, 2003 of DRYCLEAN USA, Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material  fact or omit to state a  material  fact  necessary  to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements
     were made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to the  period  covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in all  material
     respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of
     the small  business  issuer as of, and for,  the periods  presented in this
     report;

4.   The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying   officer(s)  and  I  are
     responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls  and
     procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
     the small business issuer and have:

            (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure   controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
            supervision,  to ensure that  material  information  relating to the
            small business issuer, including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
            made  known to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;

            (b)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the small  business  issuer's
            disclosure  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and
            procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
            on such evaluation; and

            (c)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  small  business
            issuer's  internal  control over  financial  reporting that occurred
            during the small  business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the
            small  business  issuer's  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an
            annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
            to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
            over financial reporting; and




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5.   The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and  I  have
     disclosed,  based on our most recent  evaluation  of internal  control over
     financial reporting,  to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
     committee of the small  business  issuer's  board of directors  (or persons
     performing the equivalent functions):

            (a) All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  in the
            design or operation of internal  control  over  financial  reporting
            which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect the small business
            issuer's ability to record, process,  summarize and report financial
            information; and

            (b) Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or
            other  employees who have a significant  role in the small  business
            issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 29, 2003

                                             /s/ Michael S. Steiner
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                                             Michael S. Steiner
                                             President and Principal
                                             Executive Officer