Gaffney Bennett president joins bank board

Jay Malcynsky, president of the New Britain-based political lobbying and public relations firm Gaffney, Bennett and Assoc., was one of six new members recently appointed to the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. He was a director of the bank from 2002 to 2004. The $41.9 billion bank provides wholesale financing for housing and economic development to 470 member banks and lenders in New England.