X0306 4 2017-01-06 0 0000906780 EMPIRE RESORTS INC NYNY 0001315915 PEARLMAN EMANUEL R 350 EAST 79TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10075 1 1 0 0 Executive Chairman Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 2017-01-06 4 F 0 1750 23.75 D 155351 D Mr. Pearlman was granted 3,000 shares of restricted stock under the 2015 Empire Resorts, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which vested on January 6, 2017. On January 6, 2017, 1,750 shares of common stock were withheld (at the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on Friday, January 6, 2017) to satisfy the tax obligation relating to the vesting of the restricted stock pursuant to Section 16b-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. /s/ Nanette L. Horner, by Power of Attorney 2017-01-10