LOANS, Modified in Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Maturity date extension period	3 months
Bank allowance for loan losses	$ 481,000	$ 855,000
Loans modified in troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Contracts	2	5
Pre-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	178,000	2,853,000
Post-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	178,000	2,853,000
Provision for loan losses		564,000
Charge-offs	413,000	0
Gain on sale of loans held for sale	28,000
Number of residential mortgages bank modified	25
Outstanding principal covering residential mortgages	5,400,000
Minimum [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modification period	3 months
Pre modification interest rate (in hundredths)	6.00%
Post modification interest rate (in hundredths)	2.00%
Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modification period	36 months
Pre modification interest rate (in hundredths)	4.75%
Post modification interest rate (in hundredths)	5.75%
Commercial and Industrial [Member]
Loans modified in troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Contracts	1
Pre-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	49,000
Post-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	49,000
Commercial Mortgages Multifamily [Member]
Loans modified in troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Contracts		2
Pre-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		1,420,000
Post-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		1,420,000
Commercial Mortgages Other [Member]
Loans modified in troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Contracts		1
Pre-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		40,000
Post-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		40,000
Residential Mortgage - Closed End [Member]
Loans modified in troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Contracts	1	2
Pre-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	129,000	1,393,000
Post-modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 129,000	$ 1,393,000

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Refers to number of residential mortgages bank modified due hurricane sandy.

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One modification was made, this number represents the interest rate after modification.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to receivables which had been measured under a general allowance for credit losses methodology that are now identified as troubled debt restructurings.

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Amount of direct write-downs of receivables charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts.

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Reflects the amount charged against earnings during the period as bad debt expense, net of recoveries of previously expensed credit losses.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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The gains (losses) included in earnings that represent the difference between the sale price and the carrying value of loans and leases that were sold during the reporting period. This element refers to the gain (loss) and not to the cash proceeds of the sales. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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