News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact: Rick Anderson Connie Martin/Apple Bank (718) 986-1596 (212) 224-6455 [email protected] [email protected] DANIEL KOTLER NAMED BRANCH MANAGER AT APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS 2100 BROADWAY/WEST 73RD STREET BRANCH OFFICE IN MANHATTAN NEW YORK, NY – MAY 17, 2017 – Apple Bank for Savings has named Daniel Kotler as Branch Manager at its 2100 Broadway (at West 73rd Street) location on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Mr. Kotler, who has been with Apple Bank for over 12 years, was most recently the Branch Manager at the bank’s 1320 Avenue of the Americas/West 53rd Street office. James Matera, Executive Vice President and Head of Apple Bank’s Consumer Banking Division, said, “Dan has been a valuable member of the bank’s branch management team serving retail and small business customers in our offices from lower Manhattan to midtown to the Upper West Side. He started as a teller in the Broadway and 73rd Street branch location 12 years ago, and we are very proud that he has now risen to become the Branch Manager at this same location.” Mr. Kotler joined Apple Bank in 2005 as a teller in the 2100 Broadway branch on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He became an Assistant Branch Manager at the bank’s Hanover Square branch office in lower Manhattan in 2008, and three years later moved back to the 2100 Broadway location as the Assistant Branch Manager. In 2013, he was promoted to Branch Manager at the Avenue of the Americas/West 53rd Street location, and was named Assistant Vice President in 2016. Mr. Kotler attended Manhattan Community College and Brooklyn College. He grew up in New City in Rockland County, and currently resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife Danielle. 1 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 New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland. Visit us at www.applebank.com. ### 2 .