---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-112638"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NECB"
cik: "0001847398"
company_name: "NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:31:13.406334+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Joel L. Morgenthau to board after Kevin P. O'Malley's death

## Summary
- Morgenthau appointed director of Northeast Community Bancorp and its bank subsidiary.
- He fills vacancy caused by death of Kevin P. O'Malley, director since 2016.
- Morgenthau is partner at Moritt Hock & Hamroff; bank paid $58k (2024) and $230k (2023) in legal fees; borrowers paid $344k and $582k.
- No committee assignments; no other arrangements or understandings regarding his selection.
- Appointment effective October 24, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-112638
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NECB
- cik: 0001847398
- company_name: NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465924112638/0001104659-24-112638-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465924112638/tm2427126d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-112638
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-112638.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-112638.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin P. O'Malley departed as director at NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: death
  - Role: director
  source text: Mr. Morgenthau was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank resulting from the death of Kevin P. O’Malley, who had served as a director since 2016.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465924112638/0001104659-24-112638-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joel L. Morgenthau was appointed as director at NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 24, 2024, the Board of Directors of NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, NorthEast Community Bank (the “Bank”), appointed Joel L. Morgenthau to serve as a director of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465924112638/0001104659-24-112638-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.