Astoria Financial Corporation Announces Dates for Second Quarter Earnings & Conference...

Astoria Financial Corporation Announces Dates for Second Quarter Earnings &
Conference Call

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astoria Financial
Corporation (NYSE: AF), announced that it expects to report second quarter
2008 earnings on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET). A copy of the news release will be immediately available on its
web site, www.astoriafederal.com.
The Company also announced that George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman & CEO of
Astoria will host an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at
10:00 a.m. (ET).
Toll-free dial-in: (888) 562-3356 Conference ID: 50458495
International dial-in: (973) 582-2700 Conference ID: 50458495

A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will also be available on
the Company's web site at www.astoriafederal.com and will be archived for one
year.
A telephone replay will be available on Thursday, July 17, 2008 from 1:00
p.m. (ET) through Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:59 p.m.
Replay # (Domestic): (800) 642-1687 PIN Code: 50458495
Replay # (International): (706) 645-9291 PIN Code: 50458495

Astoria Financial Corporation, with assets of $21.5 billion, is the
holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Established
in 1888, Astoria Federal, with deposits in New York totaling $13.0 billion, is
the largest thrift depository headquartered in New York and embraces its
philosophy of "Putting people first" by providing the customers and local
communities it serves with quality financial products and services through 86
convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels, including
its enhanced website, www.astoriafederal.com. Astoria Federal commands the
fourth largest deposit market share in the attractive Long Island market,
which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties with a
population exceeding that of 38 individual states. Astoria Federal originates
mortgage loans through its banking and loan production offices in New York, an
extensive broker network covering twenty-two states, primarily the East Coast,
and the District of Columbia, and through correspondent relationships covering
twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia.

Contact: Peter J. Cunningham
First Vice President, Investor Relations
516-327-7877
ir@astoriafederal.com

SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation

Peter J. Cunningham, First Vice President, Investor Relations, Astoria
Financial Corporation, +1-516-327-7877, ir@astoriafederal.com