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): June 15, 2006
 
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.)

1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(Address and zip code of
principal executive offices)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 634-9400
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 8.01.
 
Other Events

On June 15, 2006, New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.14 per share on its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 payable on July 26, 2006 to shareholders of record on July 6, 2006. A copy of the release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
 
Item 9.01.
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibit. Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
99.1
 
Press Release, dated June 15, 2006
 



 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
June 15, 2006 
/s/ Michael I. Wirth  
 
 
Michael I. Wirth 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer 
 




INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated June 15, 2006