WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) today indicated that it will issue its earnings release for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, October 19, 2007, rather than after the market closes on October 18th, as previously announced. The release will be posted to the Company's web site, www.myNYCB.com, upon issuance.

The date and time of the release were changed to be consistent with the Company's long-standing practice of issuing its earnings before the market opens and conducting its conference call on the same day.

As previously announced, the Company's post-earnings conference call will be conducted on Friday, October 19th, at 9:30 a.m. (ET), and will be simultaneously webcast at www.myNYCB.com. The web cast will be archived through 5:00 p.m. on October 31, 2007.

Information about the conference call follows:

      Access Code for Dial-in and Replay:      6361949
      Dial-in:
                      Domestic:                (888) 819-8006
                      International:           (913) 981-5543
      Replay:                                  October 19 (12:30 p.m.)
                                               - October 28 (midnight)
                      Domestic:                (888) 203-1112
                      International:           (719) 457-0820

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank, and the leading producer of multi-family loans for portfolio in New York City. With 180 offices serving customers in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York, and Essex, Hudson, Union, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties in New Jersey, New York Community Bank is the fourth largest thrift depository in the New York metropolitan region, and currently operates through nine local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, CFS Bank, First Savings Bank of New Jersey, Ironbound Bank, Penn Federal Savings Bank, and Synergy Bank. New York Commercial Bank has 38 branches serving Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester County, and Long Island, including 19 branches of Atlantic Bank. Additional information about New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

Source: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.