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<DESCRIPTION>GOLDSTEIN GOLUB KESSLER CONSENT (8-2-2002)
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1








INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT

To the Board of Directors
CPI Aerostructures, Inc.


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated
March 29, 2002, except for the last paragraph on Note 5, as to which the date is
April 12, 2002 on the consolidated financial statements of CPI Aerostructures,
Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2001 and for each of the two years in the
period then ended which appear in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended December 31, 2001.


/s/ GOLDSTEIN GOLUB KESSLER LLP

GOLDSTEIN GOLUB KESSLER LLP
New York, New York

July 30, 2002



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