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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT SECURITIES INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held-to-maturity as of December 31, 2025 are as follows:
December 31, 2025
(In thousands)Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Available for sale:
Traditional securities:
Government sponsored entities ("GSE") certificates & Collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs")$580,446 $5,258 $(18,634)$567,070 
Non-GSE certificates and CMOs
281,787 1,523 (10,078)273,232 
ABS638,635 1,005 (10,472)629,168 
Corporate100,000 117 (4,613)95,504 
Other15,190 37 (152)15,075 
1,616,058 7,940 (43,949)1,580,049 
PACE assessments:
Residential PACE assessments200,003 3,499 — 203,502 
Total available for sale$1,816,061 $11,439 $(43,949)$1,783,551 
Amortized CostGross Unrecognized GainsGross Unrecognized LossesFair Value
Held-to-maturity:
Traditional securities:
GSE certificates & CMOs$184,690 $1,178 $(13,611)$172,257 
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs69,198 (3,331)65,868 
ABS156,020 (4,167)151,862 
Municipal64,083 229 (7,891)56,421 
Corporate3,000 — 3,006 
476,991 1,423 (29,000)449,414 
PACE assessments:
Commercial PACE assessments327,735 — (28,865)298,870 
Residential PACE assessments750,033 — (58,345)691,688 
1,077,768 — (87,210)990,558 
Total held-to-maturity$1,554,759 $1,423 $(116,210)$1,439,972 
Allowance for credit losses(744)
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses$1,554,015 
As of December 31, 2025, available for sale securities with a fair value of $1.15 billion were pledged and held-to-maturity securities with a fair value of $393.8 million were pledged. The majority of the securities were pledged to the FHLBNY to secure outstanding advances, letters of credit and to provide additional borrowing potential. In addition, securities were pledged to provide capacity to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank and to collateralize municipal deposits.
The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held-to-maturity as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:            
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)Amortized CostGross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesFair Value
Available for sale:
Traditional securities:
GSE certificates & CMOs$537,313 $2,072 $(31,227)$508,158 
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs229,513 243 (15,581)214,175 
ABS665,548 1,349 (14,563)652,334 
Corporate109,482 — (11,167)98,315 
Other4,197 — (132)4,065 
1,546,053 3,664 (72,670)1,477,047 
PACE assessments:
Residential PACE assessments150,184 1,827 — 152,011 
Total available for sale$1,696,237 $5,491 $(72,670)$1,629,058 
Amortized CostGross Unrecognized GainsGross Unrecognized LossesFair Value
Held-to-maturity:
Traditional securities:
GSE certificates & CMOs$188,194 $707 $(20,679)$168,222 
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs73,850 — (5,993)67,857 
ABS215,161 469 (6,437)209,193 
Municipal65,090 39 (10,837)54,292 
542,295 1,215 (43,946)499,564 
PACE assessments:
Commercial PACE assessments268,692 — (37,731)230,961 
Residential PACE assessments775,922 — (73,727)702,195 
1,044,614 — (111,458)933,156 
Total held-to-maturity$1,586,909 $1,215 $(155,404)$1,432,720 
Allowance for credit losses(704)
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses$1,586,205 
As of December 31, 2024, available for sale securities with a fair value of $1.05 billion were pledged; $473.2 million held-to-maturity securities were pledged. The majority of the securities were pledged to the FHLBNY to secure outstanding advances, letters of credit and to provide additional borrowing potential. In addition, securities were pledged to provide capacity to borrow from the Federal Reserve and to collateralize municipal deposits.
During the year ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no transfers of securities between available for sale and held-to-maturity.
The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities available for sale and held-to-maturity, exclusive of mortgage-backed securities, by their contractual maturity as of December 31, 2025. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty:
Available for SaleHeld-to-maturity
(In thousands)Amortized
Cost
Fair ValueAmortized
Cost
Fair Value
Due within one year$16,275 $16,089 $2,067 $1,907 
Due after one year through five years35,317 34,909 17,120 16,514 
Due after five years through ten years168,986 165,314 107,100 104,021 
Due after ten years733,250 726,937 1,174,584 1,079,405 
$953,828 $943,249 $1,300,871 $1,201,847 
Proceeds received and gains and losses realized on sales of securities are summarized below:
Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)202520242023
Proceeds$364,841 $394,118 $285,408 
Realized gains$1,223 $$61 
Realized losses(4,627)(9,702)(7,453)
               Net realized losses$(3,404)$(9,698)$(7,392)
Tax benefit
$888 $2,609 $2,181 
There were no sales of held-to-maturity securities during the year ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023.
The Company controls and monitors inherent credit risk in its securities portfolio through due diligence, diversification, concentration limits, periodic securities reviews, and by investing in low risk securities. This includes high quality Non-Agency Securities, low LTV PACE Bonds and a significant portion of the securities portfolio in GSE obligations. GSEs include the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) and the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). GNMA is a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation whereas FHLMC and FNMA are private. Mortgage-related securities may include mortgage pass-through certificates, participation certificates and CMOs. At December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 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 stockholders' equity.
The following summarizes the fair value and unrealized losses for available for sale securities as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, segregated between securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer at the respective dates:
December 31, 2025
Less Than Twelve Months
Twelve Months or Longer
Total
(In thousands)Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Available for sale:
Traditional securities:
GSE certificates & CMOs$57,671 $342 $138,879 $18,292 $196,550 $18,634 
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs5,893 20 118,250 10,058 124,143 10,078 
ABS284,508 1,095 105,027 9,377 389,535 10,472 
Corporate— — 75,386 4,613 75,386 4,613 
Other7,848 152 — — 7,848 152 
Total available for sale$355,920 $1,609 $437,542 $42,340 $793,462 $43,949 
December 31, 2024
Less Than Twelve MonthsTwelve Months or LongerTotal
(In thousands)Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Fair ValueUnrealized
Losses
Available for sale:
Traditional securities:
GSE certificates & CMOs$50,828 $881 $249,736 $30,346 $300,564 $31,227 
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs33,778 71 145,329 15,510 179,107 15,581 
ABS121,444 421 151,668 14,142 273,112 14,563 
Corporate— — 98,315 11,167 98,315 11,167 
Other— — 3,865 132 3,865 132 
Total available for sale$206,050 $1,373 $648,913 $71,297 $854,963 $72,670 
Available for sale securities
As of December 31, 2025, none of the Company’s available for sale debt securities were in an unrealized loss position due to credit and therefore no allowance for credit losses on available for sale debt securities was required. The temporary impairment of fixed income securities is primarily attributable to changes in overall market interest rates and/or changes in credit/liquidity spreads since the investments were acquired. In general, as market interest rates rise and/or credit/liquidity spreads widen, the fair value of fixed rate securities will decrease, as market interest rates fall and/or credit spreads tighten, the fair value of fixed rate securities will increase.
With respect to the Company’s security investments that are temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2025, management does not intend to sell these investments and does not believe it will be necessary to do so before anticipated recovery. If either criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security's amortized cost basis is written down to fair value through income. The Company expects to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of these investments. Therefore, the Company does not hold an allowance for credit losses for available for sale securities at December 31, 2025.
Held-to-maturity securities
Management conducts an evaluation of expected credit losses on held-to-maturity securities on a collective basis by security type. Management monitors the credit quality of debt securities held-to-maturity through reasonable and supportable forecasts, reviews
of credit trends on underlying assets, credit ratings, and other factors. Holdings of securities issued by GSEs with unrealized losses are either explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the U.S. government, and are highly rated by major rating agencies and have a long history of no credit losses.
With the exception of PACE assessments, which are generally not rated, our traditional securities were rated investment grade by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization with only $7.0 million rated below investment grade. All issues were current as to their interest payments. We have had insignificant losses on PACE assessments that we have invested in and are not aware of any significant losses in the PACE bonds sector given the low loan-to-value position and the superior lien position on the property. Management considers that the temporary impairment of these investments as of December 31, 2025 is primarily due to an increase in interest rates and spreads since the time these investments were acquired.
Accrued interest receivable on securities totaling $41.6 million and $38.7 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, was included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet and excluded from the amortized cost and estimated fair value totals in the table above.
The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses for securities held-to-maturity for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025:
(In thousands)Non-GSE commercial certificatesCommercial PACEResidential PACETotal
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance as of January 1, 2023$— $— $— $— 
Adoption of ASU No. 2016-1385 255 328 668 
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses(5)81 79 
Charge-offs— — — (26)
Recoveries— — — — 
Balance as of December 31, 2023
$54 $258 $409 $721 
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses(7)10 (22)(19)
Charge-offs— — — — 
Recoveries— — 
Balance as of December 31, 202449 268 387 704 
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses(8)60 (12)40 
Charge-offs— — — — 
Recoveries— — — — 
Balance as of December 31, 2025$41 $328 $375 $744 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
The Company owned 50,091 shares and 156,932 shares at a cost of $100 per share at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Dividend income on FHLBNY stock amounted to approximately $0.5 million, $0.4 million, $0.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.