-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DSEx+wxVm+uRjmmsncIv2i0n3/YP0ulwfBUdTk2tF4tTX7F/1reaFyhWLfXdfwrp SxKhsVDxxL0F2FCLzwP15Q== 0000921895-07-001396.txt : 20070622 0000921895-07-001396.hdr.sgml : 20070622 20070622171556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-07-001396 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070622 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20070622 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070622 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 133714474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12522 FILM NUMBER: 07937156 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RT 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 BUSINESS PHONE: (845) 807-0001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RT 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930614 8-K 1 form8k05558_06222007.htm sec document 

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    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 22, 2007
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                              EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                   001-12522                 13-3714474
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      (State or other              (Commission               (IRS Employer
       jurisdiction                File Number)           Identification No.)
     of incorporation)

701 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson, NV            89074
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       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (702) 990-3355
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                                       N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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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.

      Empire Resorts,  Inc. (the "Company") today announced that, effective June
22, 2007,  Joseph  Bernstein has tendered his  resignation  as a director of the
Company.  This  follows a June 21, 2007  determination  by the St.  Regis Mohawk
Tribal Court approving an assignment to the Catskill  Litigation Trust, of which
he is a co-Trustee, of a $1.787 billion class action judgment,  entered in March
2001, against Park Place Entertainment Corporation - the predecessor to Harrah's
Operating Company,  Inc., a unit of Harrah's  Entertainment,  Inc. Mr. Bernstein
believes that, had he remained on the Board of the Company,  he potentially  may
not be  disinterested in connection with matters between the Company and the St.
Regis Mohawk Tribe. At the same time, the position of co-Trustee of the Catskill
Litigation  Trust,  formerly held by Paul deBary,  has been assumed by Dennis C.
Vacco,  formerly Attorney General of the State of New York and U.S. Attorney for
the  Western  District  of New York.  Mr.  deBary  remains as a director  of the
Company.




                                   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.

                                        EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.


Dated: June 22, 2007                    By: /s/ Ronald J. Radcliffe
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                                            Name: Ronald J. Radcliffe
                                            Title: Chief Financial Officer
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