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Exhibit 10(b)(1)


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Report of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred
Income Fund, Inc. (the "Company") on Form N-CSR for the semi-annual period ended
June 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert H. Steers, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 'SS'1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


                                       /s/ Robert H. Steers
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Robert H. Steers
                                       Chief Executive Officer
                                       Date: August 19, 2003



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