Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2017

New York REIT, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Maryland	001-36416	27-1065431
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 570-4750

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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

New York REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this amendment to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2017 (the “Original 8-K”) solely for the purpose of including, in Item 5.02 therein under the heading “Resignations of Michael A. Happel, Nicholas Radesca and Patrick O’Malley,” the statement that Messrs. Happel and Radesca have advised the Company they will no longer be responsible for any part of any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to and consistent with 15 U.S.C.§ 77k(b)(l). Except as specifically amended herein by the addition of this statement, the Original 8-K remains unchanged.

SIGNATURES

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.