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 three participants in a panel discussion titled "Consolidation in the Banking Industry: FDIC Assisted Deals vs. Traditional Mergers and Acquisitions" at RBC Capital Markets' Financial Institutions Conference in Boston on May 4, 2010. The panel discussion is scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time and to continue until 9:25 a.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 May 18, 2010.

About New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

With assets of $42.4 billion at March 31, 2010, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the 22nd largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family mortgage 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, a thrift with 247 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona; 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, including its recent AmTrust and Desert Hills transactions, the Community Bank now operates through seven local divisions, each with a history of service and strength: Queens County Savings Bank in Queens; Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island; Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island; Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn; Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey; Ohio Savings Bank in Ohio; and AmTrust Bank in Florida and Arizona. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 18 of its branches under the divisional name Atlantic Bank. Additional information about the Company and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

    Source: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.