WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) (the "Company") today announced that it expects to issue its earnings release for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The release will be posted to the Company's website, www.myNYCB.com, upon issuance.

The Company will conduct a post-earnings conference call at 9:30 a.m. (ET) on July 29th, during which Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Ficalora will discuss highlights of the Company's second quarter 2009 performance and its business strategies. The conference call will be simultaneously webcast at www.myNYCB.com and archived through 5:00 p.m. on August 26, 2009.

Information about the conference call follows:

  Access Code for Dial-in and Replay:    72QNYCB

  Dial-in:

             Domestic:                   (800) 862-9098

             International:              (785) 424-1051

  Replay:                                July 29 (12:30 p.m.) - August 3
                                         (midnight)

             Domestic:                   (800) 839-5203

             International:              (402) 220-2695

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, with 178 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York and New Jersey; and New York Commercial Bank, with 36 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 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.