SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report	(Date of earliest event reported) June 28, 1996 					 Long Island Bancorp, Inc		 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) 	Delaware			 	0-23526		 	11-3198508	 (State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission File		(I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation)			 Number)			 Identification No.) 201 Old Country Road Melville, New York							 	11747-2724	 (Address of Principal							 	(Zip Code) Executive Offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (516) 547-2000 				 	 	Not Applicable				 (Former Name of Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) This document contains exactly 3 pages. Item 1.		Changes in Control Registrant 			Not Applicable Item 2.		Acquisition or Disposition of Assets 			Not Applicable Item 3.		Bankruptcy or Receivership 			Not Applicable Item 4.		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant 			Not Applicable Item 5.		Other Events 			Press Release of Long Island Bancorp, Inc. 			 dated June 28, 1996 Item 6.		Resignations of Registrant's Directors 			Not Applicable Item 7.		Financial Statements and Exhibits 			(a) Not Applicable SIGNATURE 	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 						 	LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC. 				 By: /s/ Mark Fuster 							 	NAME	 Mark Fuster 							 	TITLE	 Chief Financial Officer 			 (principal financial and 									 accounting officer) DATE:	 June 28, 1996 LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC. NEWS RELEASE 201 Old Country Road			 Melville, New York 11747			 					 																		 Contact: 						 Mary M. Feder 						 Vice President - Investor Relations (516) 547-2607 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC. EXPANDS MORTGAGE OPERATIONS TARGETS NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA MELVILLE, NY, JUNE 28, 1996 - Long Island Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: LISB), the holding company for The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB announced today that the Bank has expanded its mortgage operations by acquiring two mortgage origination offices located in Horsham, Pennsylvania and Raleigh, North Carolina from Fleet Mortgage Corp. of Columbia, South Carolina. Commenting on the acquisition, John J. Conefry, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "The acquisition of these two offices is a continuation of the fulfillment of our near term goal of expanding into new and profitable markets on the East Coast." The Raleigh-Durham area is one of the fastest growing industrial and homeowner markets in the nation. The Horsham office serves the fast growing counties of Montgomery and Bucks located just north of Philadelphia and south of Princeton, New Jersey. With the acquisition of these two offices, the Bank currently has approximately 155 loan originators and 19 mortgage origination centers in 9 east coast states. The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB is a federally chartered FDIC-insured institution which serves its customers in 36 full service branch offices throughout Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Bank also operates mortgage loan offices across Long Island and Westchester and in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina and an Internet home page at the address: http://www.lisb.com. ###