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Central Federal Savings, Mineola, NY: failed December 7, 1990

Central Federal Savings in Mineola, New York, failed on December 7, 1990. Chemical Bank of New York, NY, took over its deposits. It held $890.8 million in assets and $848.4 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $247.6 million (27.8% of its assets). By assets it was the 35th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
December 7, 1990
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Acquirer
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Total assets
$890,776,000
Total deposits
$848,439,000
Estimated cost to the FDIC
$247,558,808 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
Charter
Savings bank
Insurance fund
RTC
FDIC certificate
29827

The FDIC record

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BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
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Columbia Banking Fed.RochesterJune 12, 1992$1.28 billion$1.08 billion$40.6 million
Riverhead Savings BankRiverheadJune 12, 1992$388.8 million$316.6 millionBank of New York
American Savings BankWhite PlainsJune 12, 1992$3.20 billion$2.83 billion$431.3 millionFirst Fidelity Bank NA N
Dollar Dry Dock BankWhite PlainsFebruary 21, 1992$4.03 billion$3.73 billion$309.1 millionEmigrant Savings Bank
Crossland Savings Bank, FSBBrooklynJanuary 24, 1992$7.43 billion$5.51 billion$753.4 millionPublic Stock Sale
American National Bank of New YorkFleischmannsJanuary 24, 1992$18 million$17.8 million$3.6 million

Other failed banks Chemical Bank took over

BankCityStateClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
Community National Bank and TrustNew YorkNYNovember 7, 1991$333.8 million$354.2 million$95.9 millionChemical Bank

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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.