| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| ONE ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA | |
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/19/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP
[AF]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Common Stock
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2,000
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I
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RSA
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
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| Brian M. Leeney by Alan P. Eggleston, attorney-in-fact | 08/20/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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see Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I hereby authorize and designate Alan P. Eggleston, Thomas E.
Lavery, Michele M. Weber, Peter J. Cunningham and Arnold K. Greenberg, or
any one of them acting as agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, to:
(1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form
5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, NYSE and each stock exchange on
which Astoria Financial Corporation's common stock or other
securities are listed, as required by law;
(2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, NYSE and each stock exchange on
which Astoria Financial Corporation's common stock or other
securities are listed, as required by law; and
(3) do anything else necessary or proper in connection to the
foregoing.
This power of attorney shall remain in effect as long as I am an
affiliate of Astoria Financial Corporation, and shall not be affected by my
subsequent disability or incompetence.
Date: August 19, 2009
/s/ Brian M. Leeney
Brian M. Leeney