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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Media Contact: Rick Anderson Connie Martin/Apple Bank (718) 986-1596 (212) 224-6455 [email protected] [email protected]

APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS PROMOTES STEVEN DIMAGGIO TO FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND SOUTH DISTRICT MANAGER

BROOKLYN, NY – MAY 10, 2017– Apple Bank for Savings has announced the promotion of Steven DiMaggio to First Vice President and Brooklyn South District Manager. Mr. DiMaggio, who has been with Apple Bank for over 18 years, was most recently Vice President and Branch Manager at the Borough Park branch office located at 4519 13th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

James Matera, Executive Vice President and Head of Apple Bank’s Consumer Banking Division, said, “We are very pleased to announce Steve’s promotion to First Vice President and Brooklyn South District Manager for the bank. Since 1999 when he first joined Apple Bank as a teller, Steve has been a tremendous asset to the bank, particularly in Brooklyn, where he has managed numerous offices throughout the borough.”

As Brooklyn South District Manager, Mr. DiMaggio will be based in Apple Bank’s Borough Park office at 13th Avenue. He will be responsible for the oversight of the Bay Ridge-Fifth Avenue, Bay Ridge/426 86th Street, 13th Avenue/Borough Park, 16th Avenue/Borough Park, 18th Avenue/67th Street, 86th Street/Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, , and Staten Island Mall branch offices.

Mr. DiMaggio joined Apple Bank in 1999 as a teller in the 18th Avenue and 67th Street branch in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Shortly afterward, he was promoted to Executive Assistant and moved to the Brighton Beach and then Kings Highway branch offices. In 2004, he was appointed Assistant Branch Manager of the

1 bank’s location at Henry Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. In 2005, Mr. DiMaggio helped to open the bank’s new branch office on Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as the Assistant Branch Manager.

Mr. DiMaggio was promoted to Assistant Treasurer in 2006 and became Branch Manager at Apple Bank’s 81st Street and First Avenue location in Yorkville, Manhattan in 2009. In 2015, he was appointed Vice President and Branch Manager for the bank’s 16th Avenue and 50th Street branch in Borough Park.

Mr. DiMaggio grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn where he still lives with his wife and four children. He graduated from New Utrecht High School in Bensonhurst and received a BA from St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights.

About Apple Bank

Apple Bank, established in 1863, provides consumer and small business banking services in greater New York through its branch network and online banking platform and is an active lender in the commercial real estate and corporate banking sectors. Apple is the second-largest state chartered savings bank in New York State, with $13 billion in assets and 79 branches located in the five boroughs of , Long Island, Westchester and Rockland. Visit us at www.applebank.com

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