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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES  
LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

NOTE 5 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

Loans, net of deferred costs and fees, consist of the following as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

    

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Real estate

Commercial

$

1,875,764

$

1,668,236

Construction

59,378

30,827

Multifamily

393,342

375,611

One-to-four family

68,326

82,670

Total real estate loans

2,396,810

2,157,344

Commercial and industrial

444,265

448,619

Consumer

56,217

71,956

Total loans

2,897,292

2,677,919

Deferred fees

(5,018)

(4,970)

Loans, net of deferred fees and unamortized costs

2,892,274

2,672,949

Allowance for loan losses

(32,505)

(26,272)

Balance at the end of the period

$

2,859,769

$

2,646,677

The Bank has taken several steps to assess the financial impact of COVID-19 on its business, including contacting customers to determine how their business was being affected and analyzing the impact of the virus on the different industries that the Bank serves. As of June 30, 2020, total loans consisted primarily of commercial real estate loans (“CRE”), commercial and industrial loans (“C&I”) and multi-family mortgage loans. At June 30, 2020, the Bank’s loan portfolio includes loans to the following industries (dollars in thousands):

June 30, 2020

Balance

% of Total Loans

CRE (1)

 

  

 

  

Skilled Nursing Facilities

 

$

538,705

 

18.6%

Multi-family

393,342

13.6%

Retail

218,133

7.5%

Mixed use

209,362

7.2%

Office

162,528

5.6%

Hospitality

158,379

5.5%

Construction

59,378

2.1%

Other

546,709

18.9%

Total CRE

$

2,286,535

79.1%

C&I (2)

Healthcare

$

107,486

3.7%

Skilled Nursing Facilities

 

110,906

3.8%

Finance & Insurance

100,538

3.5%

Wholesale

24,578

0.8%

Manufacturing

17,384

0.6%

Transportation

13,661

0.5%

Retail

4,200

0.1%

Recreation & Restaurants

1,843

0.1%

Other

42,309

1.5%

Total C&I

$

422,905

14.6%

(1)

Commercial real estate, not including one-to-four family loans

(2)

Net of participations, premiums and overdraft adjustments

The largest concentration in the loan portfolio is to the healthcare industry amounting to $757.1 million or 26.1% of total loans and including $649.6 million in loans to skilled nursing facilities (“SNF”). As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Bank has not noted any significant impact on SNF loans as a result of COVID-19 as the demand for nursing home beds remains strong and cash flows have not been significantly affected.

The portfolio segments in the tables below represent the categories that the Bank uses to determine its Allowance for Loan Losses (“ALLL”). As part of the determination of the ALLL, the Bank considered the effects of COVID-19 on macro-economic conditions such as sharply increasing unemployment rates and the shut-down of all non-essential businesses. The Bank also analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on its primary market, which is the New York metropolitan area, as well as the impact on the Bank’s market sectors and its specific clients.

In the first quarter of 2020, as part of its estimation of an adjustment to the ALLL due to COVID-19, the Bank identified those market sectors or industries that were more likely to be affected, such as hospitality, transportation and outpatient care centers. To determine the potential impact on the Bank’s customers, particularly in these industries, management primarily relied on the results of the Bank’s semi-annual stress tests. The scenarios used in these stress tests include significant revenue declines in a borrower’s business as well as reductions in its operating cash flows and the impact on its ability to repay its loans.  Using the stress test results, management estimated the probability of default and loss-given-default for the various loan categories at March 31, 2020 and assigned a weighting to each scenario. Based on this analysis, management estimated the potential impact of a stressed environment, such as the one resulting from COVID-19, and the adjustment to the ALLL as of March 31, 2020.  In addition to the stress tests, the Bank also established an additional qualitative loss factor solely related to the impact of COVID-19 and included that analysis in its ALLL calculations.  As a result of management’s assessment, the Bank recorded an additional unallocated loan loss provision of $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2020.  

In the second quarter of 2020, the Bank engaged a third-party vendor to develop a COVID-19-specific ALLL qualitative adjustment framework, which addresses those credit risk factors presented by the pandemic that are not covered by the traditional allowance process. The qualitative adjustment framework was designed to be used as a supplement to the Bank’s existing ALLL process. The framework examines three factors: the relationship between historical net charge-offs and macroeconomic variables, the institution-level efficacy of stimulus relief funding and the Bank’s geographical exposure and the regional sensitivity to the economic shock based on criteria such as exposure to virus, demographics and trade disruption in the region. Using these three factors, the framework built a correlation between the COVID-19-specific ALLL loss rate for the Bank’s loan portfolio and the rate of unemployment, the geographical exposure of the Bank’s loans and the impact of stimulus relief. Based on management’s assessment, the Bank did not record an additional loan provision related to the impact of COVID-19.

Based on current economic conditions, particularly the unemployment rate, and the Bank’s ALLL methodology, the total provision for loan losses for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $6.6 million, of which $3.1 million relates to the economic impact of COVID-19 and is allocated to the portfolio segments in the tables below. Included in the $3.1 million provision for loan losses was $544,000 related to one C&I loan, included in the Bank’s transportation segment, with a principal balance of $5.4 million. This loan became impaired due to COVID-19.

The largest concentration in the loan portfolio is to the healthcare industry amounting to $757.1 million or 26.1% of total loans and including $649.6 million in loans to skilled nursing facilities (“SNF”). As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Bank has not noted any significant impact on SNF loans as a result of COVID-19 as the demand for nursing home beds remains strong and cash flows have not been significantly affected.

However, this is a period of great uncertainty and the impact of COVID-19 is likely to be felt over the next several quarters, particularly as the term of loan modifications expire and borrowers return to a normal debt service schedule as well as the commencement of a repayment schedule for payments that were deferred. As such, significant adjustments to the ALLL may be required as the full impact of COVID-19 on the Bank’s borrowers becomes known.

The following tables present the activity in the ALLL by segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

Three months ended June 30, 2020

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Beginning balance

$

15,891

$

8,213

$

549

$

2,518

$

191

$

506

$

27,868

COVID-19 allowance allocation

1,478

1,280

71

190

12

25

3,056

Adjusted beginning balance

17,369

9,493

620

2,708

203

531

30,924

Provision/(credit) for loan losses

1,321

(204)

121

31

39

458

1,766

Loans charged-off

(159)

(33)

(192)

Recoveries

2

5

7

Total ending allowance balance

$

18,690

$

9,132

$

741

$

2,739

$

242

$

961

$

32,505

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

Three months ended June 30, 2019

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Beginning balance

$

10,885

$

6,177

$

647

$

2,111

$

308

$

706

$

20,834

Provision/(credit) for loan losses

2,121

(23)

(146)

138

(55)

(85)

1,950

Loans charged-off

(12)

(57)

(69)

Recoveries

Total ending allowance balance

$

13,006

$

6,142

$

501

$

2,249

$

253

$

564

$

22,715

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

Six months ended June 30, 2020

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Beginning balance

$

15,317

$

7,070

$

411

$

2,453

$

267

$

754

$

26,272

Provision/(credit) for loan losses (1)

3,373

2,174

330

286

(25)

418

6,556

Loans charged-off

(172)

(221)

(393)

Recoveries

60

10

70

Total ending allowance balance

$

18,690

$

9,132

$

741

$

2,739

$

242

$

961

$

32,505

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

Six months ended June 30, 2019

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Beginning balance

$

9,037

$

6,257

$

625

$

2,047

$

228

$

748

$

18,942

Provision/(credit) for loan losses

3,969

(4,099)

(124)

202

25

(54)

(81)

Loans charged-off

(286)

(130)

(416)

Recoveries

4,270

4,270

Total ending allowance balance

$

13,006

$

6,142

$

501

$

2,249

$

253

$

564

$

22,715

(1)Includes the provision for loan losses related to the impact of  COVID-19

Net charge-offs were $185,000 and $69,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Net charge-offs were $323,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to net recoveries of $3.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019. Included in the net recoveries during the six months ended June 30, 2019 were $4.2 million in recoveries related to taxi medallion loans charged-off in 2016 and 2017.

The following tables present the balance in the ALLL and the recorded investment in loans by portfolio segment, including the impact of COVID-19, based on impairment method as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

At June 30, 2020

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

    

Consumer

    

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Individually evaluated for impairment

$

$

1,408

$

$

$

58

$

527

$

1,993

Collectively evaluated for impairment

18,690

7,724

741

2,739

184

434

30,512

Total ending allowance balance

$

18,690

$

9,132

$

741

$

2,739

$

242

$

961

$

32,505

Loans:

Individually evaluated for impairment

$

363

$

6,482

$

$

$

1,016

$

1,926

$

9,787

Collectively evaluated for impairment

1,875,401

437,783

59,378

393,342

67,310

54,291

2,887,505

Total ending loan balance

$

1,875,764

$

444,265

$

59,378

$

393,342

$

68,326

$

56,217

$

2,897,292

Commercial

Commercial

Multi

One-to-four

At December 31, 2019

    

Real Estate

    

& Industrial

    

Construction

    

Family

    

Family

    

Consumer

    

Total

Allowance for loan losses:

Individually evaluated for impairment

$

$

805

$

$

$

64

$

311

$

1,180

Collectively evaluated for impairment

15,317

6,265

411

2,453

203

443

25,092

Total ending allowance balance

$

15,317

$

7,070

$

411

$

2,453

$

267

$

754

$

26,272

Loans:

Individually evaluated for impairment

$

367

$

1,047

$

$

$

3,384

$

728

$

5,526

Collectively evaluated for impairment

1,667,869

447,572

30,827

375,611

79,286

71,228

2,672,393

Total ending loan balance

$

1,668,236

$

448,619

$

30,827

$

375,611

$

82,670

$

71,956

$

2,677,919

The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment recognized as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

Unpaid Principal

Allowance for Loan

At June 30, 2020

    

Balance

    

Recorded Investment

    

Losses Allocated

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

621

$

492

$

58

Consumer

1,926

1,926

527

Commercial & industrial

6,482

6,482

1,408

Total

$

9,029

$

8,900

$

1,993

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

672

$

524

$

Commercial real estate

363

363

Commercial & industrial

Total

$

1,035

$

887

$

Unpaid Principal

Allowance for Loan

At December 31, 2019

    

Balance

    

Recorded Investment

    

Losses Allocated

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

633

$

503

$

64

Consumer

731

728

311

Commercial & industrial

1,047

1,047

805

Total

$

2,411

$

2,278

$

1,180

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

3,028

$

2,881

$

Commercial real estate

367

367

Total

$

3,395

$

3,248

$

The recorded investment in loans excludes accrued interest receivable and loan origination fees.

The following tables present the average recorded investment and interest income of loans individually evaluated for impairment recognized by class of loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

Average Recorded

Interest Income

Three months ended June 30, 2020

    

Investment

    

Recognized

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

494

$

3

Consumer

1,147

27

Commercial & industrial

3,765

Total

$

5,406

$

30

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

528

$

Commercial real estate

363

Commercial & industrial

2,377

Total

$

3,268

$

Average Recorded

Interest Income

Three months ended June 30, 2019

    

Investment

    

Recognized

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

521

$

7

Consumer

91

2

Total

$

612

$

9

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

1,732

$

79

Commercial real estate

377

4

Total

$

2,109

$

83

Average Recorded

Interest Income

Six months ended June 30, 2020

    

Investment

    

Recognized

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

497

$

8

Consumer

1,008

31

Commercial & industrial

2,859

Total

$

4,364

$

39

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

1,312

$

10

Commercial real estate

364

4

Total

$

1,676

$

14

Average Recorded

Interest Income

Six months ended June 30, 2019

    

Investment

    

Recognized

With an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

347

$

10

Consumer

90

4

Total

$

437

$

14

Without an allowance recorded:

One-to-four family

$

3,891

$

90

Commercial real estate

379

8

Total

$

4,270

$

98

For a loan to be considered impaired, management determines after review whether it is probable that the Bank will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Management applies its normal loan review procedures in making these judgments. Impaired loans include individually classified non-accrual loans and troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”). Impairment is determined based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate. For loans that are collateral dependent, the fair value of the collateral is used to determine the fair value of the loan. The fair value of the collateral is determined based on recent appraised values. The fair value of the collateral or present value of expected cash flows is compared to the carrying value to determine if any write-down or specific loan loss allowance allocation is required.

For discussion on modification of loans to borrowers impacted by COVID-19, refer to the “Troubled Debt Restructuring” section herein.

The following tables present the recorded investment in non-accrual loans and loans past due over 90 days and still accruing, by class of loans, as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

At June 30, 2020

    

Non-accrual

Loans Past Due Over 90 Days Still Accruing

Commercial & industrial

$

6,482

$

54

Consumer

601

1,311

Total

$

7,083

$

1,365

At December 31, 2019

Non-accrual

Loans Past Due Over 90 Days Still Accruing

Commercial & industrial

$

1,047

$

408

One-to-four family

2,345

Consumer

693

Total

$

4,085

$

408

Interest income that would have been recorded for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 had non-accrual loans been current according to their original terms, was immaterial.

The following tables present the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

Greater

30-59

60-89

than 90

Total past

Current

At June 30, 2020

    

Days

    

Days

    

days

    

due

    

loans

    

Total

Commercial real estate

$

6,400

$

$

$

6,400

$

1,869,364

$

1,875,764

Commercial & industrial

18

2

6,536

6,556

437,709

444,265

Construction

59,378

59,378

Multifamily

393,342

393,342

One-to-four family

68,326

68,326

Consumer

68

25

1,912

2,005

54,212

56,217

Total

$

6,486

$

27

$

8,448

$

14,961

$

2,882,331

$

2,897,292

Greater

30-59

60-89

than 90

Total past

Current

At December 31, 2019

    

Days

    

Days

    

days

    

due

    

loans

    

Total

Commercial real estate

$

$

$

$

$

1,668,236

$

1,668,236

Commercial & industrial

346

1,455

1,801

446,818

448,619

Construction

30,827

30,827

Multifamily

375,611

375,611

One-to-four family

82,670

82,670

Consumer

636

14

693

1,343

70,613

71,956

Total

$

982

$

14

$

2,148

$

3,144

$

2,674,775

$

2,677,919

Troubled Debt Restructurings:

Loans for which the terms have been modified resulting in a concession, and for which the borrower is experiencing financial difficulties, are considered TDRs and classified as impaired. On March 22, 2020, the banking regulators and the FASB issued guidance to financial institutions who are working with borrowers affected by COVID-19 (“COVID-19 Guidance”). The COVID-19 Guidance indicated that regulatory agencies will not criticize institutions for working with borrowers and will not direct banks to automatically categorize all COVID-19 related loan modifications as TDRs. In addition, the COVID-19 Guidance noted that modification or deferral programs mandated by the federal or a state

government related to COVID-19 would not be in the scope of Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 310-40 – Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (“ASC 310-40”), such as a state program that requires all institutions within that state to suspend mortgage payments for a specified period.  

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law. Section 4013 of the CARES Act, “Temporary Relief from Troubled Debt Restructurings,” allows banks to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to TDRs for a limited period of time to account for the effects of COVID-19. A bank may elect to account for modifications on certain loans under Section 4013 of the CARES Act or, if a loan modification is not eligible under Section 4013, a bank may use the criteria in the COVID-19 Guidance to determine when a loan modification is not a TDR in accordance with ASC 310-40.

All loans classified as TDRs as of June 30, 2020 were restructured prior to the introduction of the COVID-19 Guidance.  As of June 30, 2020, 300 loans amounting to $527.6 million were modified in accordance with the COVID-19 Guidance and the CARES Act. As of July 31, 2020, 116 loans totaling $91.0 million that were included in modified loans have returned to repayment status.  

Included in impaired loans at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were $1.4 million of loans modified as TDRs. The Bank allocated specific reserves amounting to $65,000 and $81,000 for TDRs as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. There were no loans modified as a TDR during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 or the year ended December 31, 2019. The Bank has not committed to lend additional amounts as of June 30, 2020 to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as TDRs. During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 there were no payment defaults on any loans previously identified as TDRs. A loan is considered to be in payment default once it is 90 days contractually past due under the modified terms. In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification. This evaluation is performed under the Bank’s internal underwriting policy.

The following tables present the recorded investment in TDRs by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

    

June 30, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

    

Troubled debt restructurings:

Real Estate:

Commercial real estate

$

363

$

367

One-to-four family

1,016

1,039

Consumer

14

35

Total troubled debt restructurings

$

1,393

$

1,441

All TDRs at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were performing in accordance with their restructured terms.

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Bank categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Bank generally analyzes all loans over $500,000, other than one-to-four family and consumer loans, individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk at least annually. For one-to-four family loans and consumer loans, the Bank evaluates credit quality based on the aging status of the loan and by performance status. An analysis is performed on a quarterly basis for loans classified as special mention, substandard, or doubtful. The Bank uses the following definitions for risk ratings:

Special Mention - Loans classified as special mention have a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the institution’s credit position at some future date.

Substandard - Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful - Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans not meeting the criteria above are considered to be pass-rated loans. Based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans is as follows (in thousands):

Special

At June 30, 2020

    

Pass

    

Mention

    

Substandard

    

Doubtful

Total

Commercial real estate

$

1,875,401

$

363

$

$

$

1,875,764

Commercial & industrial

437,729

5,489

1,047

444,265

Construction

59,378

59,378

Multifamily

393,342

393,342

Total

$

2,765,850

$

363

$

5,489

$

1,047

$

2,772,749

Special

At December 31, 2019

    

Pass

    

Mention

    

Substandard

    

Doubtful

Total

Commercial real estate

$

1,667,869

$

367

$

$

$

1,668,236

Commercial & industrial

446,612

960

1,047

448,619

Construction

30,827

30,827

Multi-family

375,611

375,611

Total

$

2,520,919

$

367

$

960

$

1,047

$

2,523,293