WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) (the "Company") today announced that its chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Joseph R. Ficalora, will participate in the Barclays Capital Financial Services Conference in London, England, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

During his presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 1:50 p.m. British Summer Time (8:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time), Mr. Ficalora will discuss the Company's business model and its financial performance for the first quarter of 2009.

A simultaneous webcast of the presentation and any follow-up questions and answers will be available at the Company's web site, www.myNYCB.com. A replay of the webcast will be available within several hours of the presentation's conclusion, and will be archived at the Company's web site, together with the accompanying PowerPoint slides, through May 29, 2009.

About New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

With assets of $32.4 billion at March 31, 2009, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the 24th largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below-market rents. The Company has two bank subsidiaries: New York Community Bank, the nation's second largest thrift, with 178 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York and New Jersey; and New York Commercial Bank, with 37 branches serving customers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York.

Reflecting its growth through a series of accretive acquisitions, the Community Bank operates through five local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank in Queens, Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island, Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island, Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn, and Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 18 of its branches under the name Atlantic Bank. Information about the Company and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

    Source: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.