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 be one of four participants in a panel discussion on commercial real estate lending at the RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference in Boston on September 23, 2009. The panel discussion is scheduled to commence at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and to continue until 12:25 p.m.

A simultaneous audio-only webcast of the panel discussion and the subsequent question and answer session will be available at the Company's web site, www.myNYCB.com. The webcast will be archived upon conclusion of the presentation through September 30, 2009.

About the Company

With assets of $32.9 billion at June 30, 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, with 177 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York and New Jersey; and New York Commercial Bank, with 35 branches serving customers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York.

Reflecting its growth through a series of acquisitions, the Community Bank currently 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 17 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.