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


                  of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 9, 2023, Leslie D. Biddle, one of the members of the board of directors (the "Board") of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), advised of her intention to step down from the Board, effective as of January 16, 2023, to assume her new position of Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy. Ms. Biddle resigned without any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 11, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the above-described departure. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless it is specifically incorporated by reference therein.




Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.               Description
99.1                        Press Release dated     January 11, 2023  .
104                       Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the
                          Inline XBRL document).

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