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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ROTH STEVEN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VORNADO REALTY TRUST [VNO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/31/2009 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10019 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options (Right to Buy)	$ 103	03/31/2009		D(1)			700,000	(2)	03/31/2018	Common Shares	700,000	$ 0	0	D
Options (Right to Buy)	$ 121.58	03/31/2009		D(1)			89,732	(2)	03/07/2017	Common Shares	89,732	$ 0	0	D
Restricted Units	(3)	04/01/2009		M			9,346	(4)	(4)	Common Shares	9,346	(3)	6,232	D
LTIP Units	(5)	04/01/2009		M			69,015	(8)	(5)	Common Shares	69,015	$ 0	128,653	D
Class A Units	(6)	04/01/2009		M		78,361		(7)	(7)	Common Shares	78,361	(6)	83,064	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ROTH STEVEN 888 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019	X		Chairman & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Steven Santora, Attorney in Fact		04/02/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The undersigned reporting person surrendered voluntarily to Vornado Realty Trust (the "Company") the outstanding options issued by the Company to the undersigned without any consideration of any kind from the Company for such surrender.
(2)	These Options were scheduled to vest ratably over a five-year period from the date of grant.
(3)	On April 25, 2006, the reporting person received a grant of restricted units (the "Restricted Units") of Vornado Realty L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), the operating partnership of the Company. The Restricted Units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership that, following the occurrence of certain events and upon vesting, are convertible by the holder into an equivalent number of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership. Class A Units are redeemable by the holder for cash or, at the Company's election, Common Shares of the Company on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares.
(4)	The Restricted Units vest in equal portions over a five-year period. The initial vesting occurred on April 1, 2007.
(5)	The LTIP Units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Unit holder for federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable by the holder for cash or, at the Company's election, Common Shares of the Company on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Class A Units and redeem Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
(6)	Class A Units are redeemable by the holder for cash or, at the Company's election, Common Shares of the Company on a one for one basis or the cash value of such shares.
(7)	These Class A Units are immediately redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Vornado Realty L.P.'s limited partnership agreement). Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
(8)	Earned on 11/13/2006 and became exercisable upon vesting or upon receipt as a dividend payment.

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