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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
INVESTMENT SECURITIES  
INVESTMENT SECURITIES

4.INVESTMENT SECURITIES

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities available for sale are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Gross

Gross

Amortized

Unrealized

Unrealized

Estimated

  ​ ​ ​

Cost

  ​ ​ ​

Gains

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

March 31, 2026

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

U.S. Treasury

$

44,738

$

134

$

(13)

$

44,859

Mortgage-backed securities:

U.S. Government agency securities

35,999

340

(569)

35,770

Government-sponsored enterprises

38,010

519

(23)

38,506

Collateralized mortgage obligations:

U.S. Government agency securities

20,603

101

(98)

20,606

Government-sponsored enterprises

46,818

252

(64)

47,006

Municipal obligations

 

14,143

 

10

 

(6)

 

14,147

Total available for sale securities

$

200,311

$

1,356

$

(773)

$

200,894

December 31, 2025

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

U.S. Treasury

$

54,483

$

275

$

(6)

$

54,752

Mortgage-backed securities:

U.S. Government agency securities

36,743

384

(423)

36,704

Government-sponsored enterprises

38,955

828

39,783

Collateralized mortgage obligations:

U.S. Government agency securities

21,009

374

21,383

Government-sponsored enterprises

47,929

465

(104)

48,290

Municipal obligations

 

19,477

 

42

 

 

19,519

Total available for sale securities

$

218,596

$

2,368

$

(533)

$

220,431

The Company elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost basis of debt securities. Accrued interest receivable on available for sale debt securities totaled $1.1 million at March 31, 2026 and $1.2 million at December 31, 2025, respectively, and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses and reported in accrued interest receivable in the consolidated statements of condition.

There was no allowance for credit losses for securities available for sale as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities held to maturity are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Gross

Gross

Amortized

Unrealized

Unrealized

Estimated

Allowance for

Net Carrying

  ​ ​ ​

Cost

  ​ ​ ​

Gains

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Credit Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Value

March 31, 2026

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Corporate debt securities

$

42,634

478

(1,960)

$

41,152

$

486

$

42,148

Municipal obligations

2,248

(6)

2,242

2,248

Total held to maturity securities

$

44,882

$

478

$

(1,966)

$

43,394

$

486

$

44,396

December 31, 2025

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Corporate debt securities

$

39,637

648

(2,441)

$

37,844

$

452

$

39,185

Municipal obligations

2,336

(5)

2,331

2,336

Total held to maturity securities

$

41,973

$

648

$

(2,446)

$

40,175

$

452

$

41,521

Accrued interest receivable on held to maturity debt securities totaled $771,000 and $382,000 at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses and is reported in accrued interest receivable in the consolidated statements of condition.

There were no held to maturity securities that were 30 days or more past due or classified as non-accrual as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

The following tables present the activity in the allowance for credit losses on securities held to maturity (dollars in thousands):

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026

Beginning

Ending

  ​ ​ ​

Balance

  ​ ​ ​

Provisions

  ​ ​ ​

Charge-offs

  ​ ​ ​

Recoveries

  ​ ​ ​

Balance

Corporate debt securities

$

452

$

34

$

$

$

486

Municipal obligations

Total

$

452

$

34

$

$

$

486

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

Beginning

 

Ending

  ​ ​ ​

Balance

  ​ ​ ​

Provisions

  ​ ​ ​

Charge-offs

  ​ ​ ​

Recoveries

  ​ ​ ​

Balance

Corporate debt securities

$

216

$

59

$

$

$

275

Municipal obligations

 

 

Total

$

216

$

59

$

$

$

275

The estimated fair value and gross unrealized losses aggregated by security category and length of time such securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, is summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

March 31, 2026

Less than 12 Months

12 Months or Longer

Total

Estimated

Unrealized

Estimated

Unrealized

Estimated

Unrealized

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

Securities available for sale:

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

U.S. Treasury

$

5,037

$

(13)

$

$

$

5,037

$

(13)

Mortgage-backed securities:

U.S. Government agency securities

17,594

(569)

17,594

(569)

Government-sponsored enterprises

10,141

(23)

10,141

(23)

Collateralized mortgage obligations:

U.S. Government agency securities

4,743

(22)

4,931

(76)

9,674

(98)

Government-sponsored enterprises

 

33,639

(64)

 

33,639

 

(64)

Municipal obligations

 

1,994

 

(6)

 

 

 

1,994

 

(6)

$

11,774

$

(41)

$

66,305

$

(732)

$

78,079

$

(773)

Securities held to maturity:

Corporate debt securities

$

9,349

$

(651)

$

14,540

$

(1,309)

$

23,889

$

(1,960)

Municipal obligations

2,242

(6)

2,242

(6)

$

11,591

$

(657)

$

14,540

$

(1,309)

$

26,131

$

(1,966)

December 31, 2025

Less than 12 Months

12 Months or Longer

Total

Estimated

Unrealized

Estimated

Unrealized

Estimated

Unrealized

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

  ​ ​ ​

Losses

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

Losses

Securities available for sale:

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

U.S. Treasury

$

$

$

4,994

$

(6)

$

4,994

$

(6)

Mortgage-backed securities:

U.S. Government agency securities

18,183

(423)

18,183

(423)

Government-sponsored enterprises

Collateralized mortgage obligations:

U.S. Government agency securities

Government-sponsored enterprises

 

6,661

(11)

27,763

(93)

 

34,424

 

(104)

Municipal obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,661

$

(11)

$

50,940

$

(522)

$

57,601

$

(533)

Securities held to maturity:

Corporate debt securities

$

2,483

$

(17)

$

10,326

$

(2,424)

$

12,809

$

(2,441)

Municipal obligations

2,331

(5)

2,331

(5)

$

4,814

$

(22)

$

10,326

$

(2,424)

$

15,140

$

(2,446)

Unrealized losses on securities available for sale have not been recognized into income because the issuers' debt securities are of high credit quality (rated AA or higher), management does not intend to sell, and it is likely that management will not be required to sell the securities prior to their anticipated recovery, and the decline in fair value is largely due to changes in interest rates and other market conditions. The issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments on the securities. The fair value is expected to recover as the securities approach maturity.

The Company does not believe the available for sale securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, which consisted of 22 and 16 individual securities, respectively, represented a credit loss impairment. Available for sale debt securities in unrealized loss positions are evaluated for impairment related to credit losses at least quarterly. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the majority of the available for sale securities in an unrealized loss position consisted of debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises that carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, which are

widely recognized as “risk-free” and have a long history of zero credit losses. Total gross unrealized losses were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit quality of the investment securities. The Company does not intend to sell, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity.  

None of the Company’s held to maturity debt securities were past due or on nonaccrual status as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. There was no accrued interest reversed against interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, as all securities remained on accrual status. In addition, there were no collateral dependent held to maturity debt securities as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. An allowance for credit losses on held to maturity debt securities is recorded to account for expected lifetime credit losses.

The following table sets forth information with regard to contractual maturities of debt securities (dollars in thousands). Securities not due at a single maturity date are shown separately.

 

March 31, 2026

 

Amortized

 

Estimated

  ​ ​ ​

Cost

  ​ ​ ​

Fair Value

Securities available for sale:

 

  ​

 

  ​

Due in one year or less

$

45,307

$

45,429

Due after one to five years

 

26,864

 

26,840

Due after five to ten years

9,545

9,525

Due after ten years

118,595

119,100

$

200,311

$

200,894

Securities held to maturity:

 

  ​

 

Due in one year or less

$

2,060

$

2,054

Due after one to five years

 

8,938

 

9,065

Due after five to ten years

 

33,884

 

32,275

$

44,882

$

43,394

Maturities of mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are included based on their contractual lives. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

There were no sales of securities available for sale for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

There were no sales of securities held to maturity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

The following table sets forth information with regard to gains and (losses) on trading securities reported in other noninterest income on the consolidated statement of operations:

For the

Three Months Ended

March 31,

  ​ ​ ​

2026

Net loss recognized during the period on trading securities

$

(180)

Less: Net losses recognized during the period on trading securities sold during the period

(145)

Unrealized losses recognized during reporting period on trading securities still held at reporting date

$

(35)

At March 31, 2026, there were no holdings of securities of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government and its agencies, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s equity. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of available for sale securities pledged to secure Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY”) advances and municipal deposits was $196.0 million and $216.4 million, respectively.