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 Raymond James & Associates' 30th Annual Institutional Investors Conference, to be held in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Mr. Ficalora's presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:05 a.m. Eastern Time and will focus on the Company's fourth quarter 2008 performance and its business strategies.

A simultaneous webcast of the presentation, including any questions and answers, will be available at the Company's web site, www.myNYCB.com. A replay of the webcast will be available immediately following the presentation's conclusion, and will be archived at the Company's web site, together with the accompanying PowerPoint slides, through March 17, 2009.

Company Profile

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for New York Community Bank, with 178 locations in Metro New York and New Jersey, and New York Commercial Bank, with 37 locations in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester County, and Long Island, in New York. With assets of $32.5 billion at December 31, 2008, the Company is the 25th largest bank holding company in the nation, and is a leading producer of multi-family loans in New York City, with an emphasis on loans secured by rent-regulated properties.

Reflecting its growth through a series of accretive mergers and acquisitions, the Community Bank currently operates through six local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, Synergy Bank, and Garden State Community Bank. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 18 of its branches under the name Atlantic Bank. Additional information about New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

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