FAIR VALUE (Schedule of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Financial Assets:
Securities available for sale	$ 214,050	$ 195,630
FHLB and FRB Stock	13,254	13,984
Loans held for sale, at fair value	3,537	1,558
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	38,066	82,200
Accrued interest receivable	7,497	6,820
Financial Liabilities:
Federal home loan bank advances	83,692	83,700
Carrying Value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	77,919	70,160
Securities available for sale	214,050	195,630
FHLB and FRB Stock	13,254	13,984
Loans held for sale, at fair value	3,537	1,558
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	38,066	82,200
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses	3,000,380	2,887,386
Accrued interest receivable	7,497	6,820
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits	3,043,578	2,935,470
Overnight borrowings	21,100	40,700
Federal home loan bank advances	83,692	83,692
Accrued interest payable	1,019	957
Carrying Value [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives		104
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	5,151	1,434
Carrying Value [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives	2,185	1,106
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	2,185	1,106
Fair value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	77,919	70,160
Securities available for sale	$ 214,050	$ 195,630
FHLB and FRB Stock
Loans held for sale, at fair value	$ 3,537	$ 1,558
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	38,066	82,200
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses	3,001,458	2,865,601
Accrued interest receivable	7,497	6,820
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits	3,048,139	2,933,526
Overnight borrowings	21,100	40,700
Federal home loan bank advances	84,862	84,409
Accrued interest payable	1,019	957
Fair value [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives		104
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	5,151	1,434
Fair value [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives	2,185	1,106
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	2,185	1,106
Fair value [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Market For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	77,919	70,160
Securities available for sale	$ 2,980	$ 2,939
FHLB and FRB Stock
Loans held for sale, at fair value
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses
Accrued interest receivable
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits	$ 2,503,115	$ 2,407,300
Overnight borrowings
Federal home loan bank advances
Accrued interest payable	$ 128	$ 128
Fair value [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Market For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives
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Financial Assets:
Derivatives
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Securities available for sale	$ 211,070	$ 192,691
FHLB and FRB Stock
Loans held for sale, at fair value	$ 3,537	$ 1,558
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	$ 38,066	$ 82,200
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses
Accrued interest receivable	$ 636	$ 562
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits	545,024	526,226
Overnight borrowings	21,100	40,700
Federal home loan bank advances	84,862	84,409
Accrued interest payable	891	829
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives		104
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	5,151	1,434
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives	2,185	1,106
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	$ 2,185	$ 1,106
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Securities available for sale
FHLB and FRB Stock
Loans held for sale, at fair value
Multifamily mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses	$ 3,001,458	$ 2,865,601
Accrued interest receivable	$ 6,861	$ 6,258
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits
Overnight borrowings
Federal home loan bank advances
Accrued interest payable
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives
Fair value [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Financial Assets:
Derivatives
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives

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