<PAGE>

      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 8, 2004

                                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                             ---------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             ---------------------
                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

<Table>
<S>                                              <C>
                    MARYLAND                                        47-0934168
        (State or Other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation or Organization)                       Identification Number)
</Table>

                          1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                                 (212) 634-9400
          (Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                           2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                             ---------------------
                               STEVEN B. SCHNALL
                                 DAVID A. AKRE
                          CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                                 (212) 634-9400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of
                               agent for service)

                                WITH COPIES TO:

                             DANIEL M. LEBEY, ESQ.
                             HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
                          RIVERFRONT PLAZA, EAST TOWER
                               951 E. BYRD STREET
                         RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219-4074
                                 (804) 788-8200
                             ---------------------
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<Table>
<Caption>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        PROPOSED MAXIMUM      PROPOSED MAXIMUM
     TITLE OF SECURITIES            AMOUNT TO BE         OFFERING PRICE          AGGREGATE             AMOUNT OF
       TO BE REGISTERED            REGISTERED(1)          PER SHARE(2)         OFFERING PRICE     REGISTRATION FEE(3)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                             <C>                   <C>                   <C>                   <C>
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share...................    1,088,125 shares           $8.83               $9,608,144              $1,218
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</Table>

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended
    (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
    additional shares of the Company's Common Stock that become issuable under
    the plan by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar
    transactions.

(2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act on the basis of
    $8.83 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the
    Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on July 7, 2004.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the $1,218 registration fee
    for the Company's Form S-8, dated July 8, 2004, shall be deducted from the
    $14,570.50 previously paid against the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the
    Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-111668)
    on March 26, 2004, for which securities were registered but remain unsold.
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<PAGE>

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.

     Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

     New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the "Company") will provide participants,
upon written or oral request and without charge, a copy of the documents
incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II, which are incorporated by
reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus, and all documents required to be
delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Request
for such documents should be directed to New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., 1301
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer, telephone number (212) 634-9400.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:

          1. The Company's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
     Securities Act on June 24, 2004; and

          2. The description of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per
     share, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
     under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     The description of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share,
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and
officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money

                                       II-1
<PAGE>

damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper
benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active or deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action. The Company's charter contains a provision which limits the liability of
its directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

     The Company's charter permits it, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, to obligate itself to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or
former director or officer or (b) any individual who, while a director and at
the Company's request, serves or has served another real estate investment
trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
any other enterprise as a trustee, director, officer or partner of such real
estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise from and against any claim or
liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur
by reason of his status as a present or former director or officer of the
Company. The Company's bylaws obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in
advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or former
director or officer who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his
service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director of the
Company and at the Company's request, serves or has served another real estate
investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made a party to the proceeding by
reason of his service in that capacity, against any claim or liability to which
he may become subject by reason of such status. The Company's charter and bylaws
also permit it to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a
predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described above and to any
employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. Maryland law
requires the Company to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful,
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made
a party by reason of his service in that capacity.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to
indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers, employees and agents.
The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them
in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of
their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (a) the
act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving
rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was a result
of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually
received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in
the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, a Maryland
corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the
right if the corporation or if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable
for an improper personal benefit, unless in either case a court orders
indemnification and then only for expenses. Maryland law requires the Company,
as a condition to advancing expenses, to obtain (a) a written affirmation by the
director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of
conduct necessary for indemnification and (b) a written statement by him or on
his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company if it shall
ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

     Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors,
officers or persons controlling the Company, the Company has been informed that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.

                                       II-2
<PAGE>

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

<Table>
<Caption>
EXHIBIT NO.                           DESCRIPTION
-----------                           -----------
<C>           <S>
    4.1       Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Company's
              Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
              333-111668)).
    4.2       Company's Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02
              of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11
              (Registration No. 333-111668)).
    4.3       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
              (filed herewith).
    5.1       Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered (filed herewith).
   23.1       Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   23.2       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
</Table>

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

             (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
        Securities Act.

             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
        the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
        in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
        increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
        dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
        registered) and any deviation from the law or high end of the estimated
        maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
        with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
        changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
        Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
        of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
        or any material change to such information in the registration
        statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
     new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
     the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                                       II-3
<PAGE>

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.

                                       II-4
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on June 28, 2004.

                                          NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                                          (Registrant)

                                          By:     /s/ STEVEN B. SCHNALL
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                     Steven B. Schnall
                                                 Co-Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

<Table>
<Caption>
                   SIGNATURE                                     TITLE                       DATE
                   ---------                                     -----                       ----
<C>                                               <S>                                    <C>



             /s/ STEVEN B. SCHNALL                Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief     June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Executive Officer
               Steven B. Schnall                  (principal executive officer)




               /s/ DAVID A. AKRE                  Director and Co-Chair Executive        June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Officer
                 David A. Akre




              /s/ MICHAEL I. WIRTH                Chief Financial Officer, Vice          June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  President, Secretary and Treasurer
                Michael I. Wirth                  (principal financial officer and
                                                  principal accounting officer)




       /s/ RAYMOND A. REDLINGSHAFER, JR.          Director, President and Chief          June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Investment Officer
         Raymond A. Redlingshafer, Jr.
</Table>

                                       II-5
<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

<Table>
<Caption>
EXHIBIT NO.                           DESCRIPTION
-----------                           -----------
<C>           <S>
    4.1       Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Company's
              Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
              333-111668)).
    4.2       Company's Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02
              of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11
              (Registration No. 333-111668)).
    4.3       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
              (filed herewith).
    5.1       Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered (filed herewith).
   23.1       Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   23.2       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
</Table>
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 8, 2004

                                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                             ---------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             ---------------------
                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
MARYLAND                                        47-0934168
        (State or Other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation or Organization)                       Identification Number)
1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                                 (212) 634-9400
          (Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                           2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                             ---------------------
                               STEVEN B. SCHNALL
                                 DAVID A. AKRE
                          CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                         NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                                 (212) 634-9400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of
                               agent for service)

                                WITH COPIES TO:

                             DANIEL M. LEBEY, ESQ.
                             HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
                          RIVERFRONT PLAZA, EAST TOWER
                               951 E. BYRD STREET
                         RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219-4074
                                 (804) 788-8200
                             ---------------------
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        PROPOSED MAXIMUM      PROPOSED MAXIMUM
     TITLE OF SECURITIES            AMOUNT TO BE         OFFERING PRICE          AGGREGATE             AMOUNT OF
       TO BE REGISTERED            REGISTERED(1)          PER SHARE(2)         OFFERING PRICE     REGISTRATION FEE(3)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share...................    1,088,125 shares           $8.83               $9,608,144              $1,218
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended
    (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
    additional shares of the Company's Common Stock that become issuable under
    the plan by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar
    transactions.

(2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act on the basis of
    $8.83 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the
    Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on July 7, 2004.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the $1,218 registration fee
    for the Company's Form S-8, dated July 8, 2004, shall be deducted from the
    $14,570.50 previously paid against the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the
    Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-111668)
    on March 26, 2004, for which securities were registered but remain unsold.
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PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.

     Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

     New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the "Company") will provide participants,
upon written or oral request and without charge, a copy of the documents
incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II, which are incorporated by
reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus, and all documents required to be
delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Request
for such documents should be directed to New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., 1301
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer, telephone number (212) 634-9400.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:

          1. The Company's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
     Securities Act on June 24, 2004; and

          2. The description of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per
     share, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
     under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     The description of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share,
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and
officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money

                                       II-1
damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper
benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active or deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action. The Company's charter contains a provision which limits the liability of
its directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

     The Company's charter permits it, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, to obligate itself to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or
former director or officer or (b) any individual who, while a director and at
the Company's request, serves or has served another real estate investment
trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
any other enterprise as a trustee, director, officer or partner of such real
estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise from and against any claim or
liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur
by reason of his status as a present or former director or officer of the
Company. The Company's bylaws obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in
advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or former
director or officer who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his
service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director of the
Company and at the Company's request, serves or has served another real estate
investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made a party to the proceeding by
reason of his service in that capacity, against any claim or liability to which
he may become subject by reason of such status. The Company's charter and bylaws
also permit it to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a
predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described above and to any
employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. Maryland law
requires the Company to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful,
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made
a party by reason of his service in that capacity.

     The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to
indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers, employees and agents.
The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them
in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of
their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (a) the
act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving
rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was a result
of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually
received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in
the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, a Maryland
corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the
right if the corporation or if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable
for an improper personal benefit, unless in either case a court orders
indemnification and then only for expenses. Maryland law requires the Company,
as a condition to advancing expenses, to obtain (a) a written affirmation by the
director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of
conduct necessary for indemnification and (b) a written statement by him or on
his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company if it shall
ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

     Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors,
officers or persons controlling the Company, the Company has been informed that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.

                                       II-2
ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT NO.                           DESCRIPTION
-----------                           -----------
4.1       Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Company's
              Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
              333-111668)).
    4.2       Company's Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02
              of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11
              (Registration No. 333-111668)).
    4.3       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
              (filed herewith).
    5.1       Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered (filed herewith).
   23.1       Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   23.2       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

             (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
        Securities Act.

             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
        the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
        in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
        increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
        dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
        registered) and any deviation from the law or high end of the estimated
        maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
        with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
        changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
        Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
        of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
        or any material change to such information in the registration
        statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
     new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
     the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on June 28, 2004.

                                          NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
                                          (Registrant)

                                          By:     /s/ STEVEN B. SCHNALL
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                     Steven B. Schnall
                                                 Co-Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE                                     TITLE                       DATE
                   ---------                                     -----                       ----
/s/ STEVEN B. SCHNALL                Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief     June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Executive Officer
               Steven B. Schnall                  (principal executive officer)

               /s/ DAVID A. AKRE                  Director and Co-Chair Executive        June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Officer
                 David A. Akre

              /s/ MICHAEL I. WIRTH                Chief Financial Officer, Vice          June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  President, Secretary and Treasurer
                Michael I. Wirth                  (principal financial officer and
                                                  principal accounting officer)

       /s/ RAYMOND A. REDLINGSHAFER, JR.          Director, President and Chief          June 28, 2004
------------------------------------------------  Investment Officer
         Raymond A. Redlingshafer, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.                           DESCRIPTION
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4.1       Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Company's
              Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
              333-111668)).
    4.2       Company's Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02
              of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11
              (Registration No. 333-111668)).
    4.3       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
              (filed herewith).
    5.1       Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered (filed herewith).
   23.1       Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   23.2       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).