UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~April~~May 2921, 2026

NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland	001-40589	86-3173858
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)

325 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, New York 10601

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(914) 684-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	NECB	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 25.02 ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~April~~May 2921, 2026, ~~NorthEast~~the stockholders of NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~issued~~approved athe ~~press~~NorthEast ~~release~~Community ~~announcing~~Bancorp, ~~its~~Inc. ~~financial~~2026 ~~results~~Equity ~~for~~Incentive Plan (the ~~three~~“Plan”). ~~months~~The ~~ended March~~material ~~31,~~terms ~~2026.~~of Athe ~~copy~~Plan are summarized on pages 12 through 21 of the Company’s ~~press~~definitive proxy ~~release~~statement ison ~~attached~~Schedule as14A ~~Exhibit~~filed ~~99.1~~with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is ~~furnished~~incorporated ~~herewith~~herein by reference.

The ~~information~~foregoing ~~contained~~description inof ~~this~~the ~~Item~~Plan ~~2.02~~does ~~and~~not inpurport ~~Exhibit~~to ~~99.1~~be ~~shall~~complete ~~not~~and beis ~~deemed~~qualified ~~“filed”~~in ~~for~~its ~~purposes~~entirety ofby ~~Section~~reference 18to of the ~~Securities~~full ~~Exchange~~text ~~Act~~ of ~~1934 (~~the ~~“Exchange Act”)~~Plan, ora ~~incorporated~~copy ~~by reference in any filing under the Securities Act~~ of ~~1933, as amended, or~~which ~~the~~was ~~Exchange~~included ~~Act, except~~ as ~~shall~~Appendix beA ~~expressly~~to ~~set~~the ~~forth~~Proxy ~~by specific references in such a filing~~Statement.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on May 21, 2026. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the annual meeting are as follows:

The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term by the following vote:

	FOR		WITHHELD
Lynette Bennett		8,529,022		341,140
Jose M. Collazo		8,269,155		601,007
John F. McKenzie		6,866,825		2,003,337
Joel L. Morgenthau		8,237,951		632,211

There were 2,328,210 broker non-votes on the proposal.

The NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the stockholders by the following vote:

FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
	8,177,774				553,081				139,307

There were 2,328,210 broker non-votes on the proposal.

The appointment of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by the stockholders by the following vote:

FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
	10,833,710				138,801				225,861

There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Other Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

	Number	Description
	99.1	Press Release dated April 29, 2026
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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 thereunto duly authorized.

		NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
Date: April 30, 2026	By:	/s/ Kenneth A. Martinek
Date: May 26, 2026	By:	/s/ Kenneth A. Martinek
		Kenneth A. Martinek
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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