EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Press:       Frank D. Filipo                                    Executive Vice President &                                    Chief Operating Officer                                    (631) 208-2400     Investor: Brian K. Finneran                    Executive Vice President &                    Chief Financial Officer                    (631) 208-2400 4 West Second Street Riverhead, NY 11901 (631) 208-2400 (Voice) - (631) 727-3214 (FAX) invest@suffolkbancorp.com  

SUFFOLK BANCORP DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Riverhead, New York, April 29, 2015 – Suffolk Bancorp (the "Company") (NASDAQ –SUBK), parent company of Suffolk County National Bank (the "Bank"), announced that its Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share on its common stock.  The dividend will be payable on May 27, 2015 to shareholders of record as of May 13, 2015.

Corporate Information

Suffolk Bancorp is a one-bank holding company engaged in the commercial banking business through Suffolk County National Bank, a full service commercial bank headquartered in Riverhead, New York and Suffolk Bancorp's wholly owned subsidiary. Organized in 1890, the Bank has 26 branch offices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. For more information about the Bank and its products and services, please visit www.scnb.com.