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): May 24, 2019

NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland	001-32216	47-0934168
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
90 Park Avenue New York, New York 10016
(Address of zip code of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 792-0107

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	NYMT	NASDAQ Stock Market
7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, $25.00 Liquidation Preference	NYMTP	NASDAQ Stock Market
7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, $25.00 Liquidation Preference	NYMTO	NASDAQ Stock Market
8.000% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, $25.00 Liquidation Preference	NYMTN	NASDAQ Stock Market

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed by New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) in Item 8.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2019, pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated May 8, 2019, by and between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option (the “Option”) to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 shares (the “Option Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $5.96 per share. On May 22, 2019, the Underwriters exercised the Option in full. The closing for the Option Shares was completed on May 24, 2019 and resulted in total net proceeds to the Company of approximately $16.1 million before offering expenses payable by the Company.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: May 24, 2019	By:	/s/ Kristine R. Nario-Eng
		Kristine R. Nario-Eng
		Chief Financial Officer

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