For immediate release

The Federal Reserve Board today announced its approval of the application of FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts ("Fleet"), to acquire up to 9 percent of the voting shares of North Fork Bancorporation, Inc., Melville ("North Fork"), and its subsidiaries North Fork Bank, Mattituck, both in New York, and Superior Savings of New England, N.A., Branford, Connecticut. Attached is the Board's Order relating to this action. Attachment (106 KB PDF)

2000 Orders on banking applications