Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Westbury, State of New York, on September 7, 2005.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, other than Joseph R. Ficalora and Thomas R. Cangemi, constitutes and appoints Mr. Ficalora and Mr. Cangemi, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-4 for the registration of common stock of New York Community Bancorp, Inc., and any or all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, respectively, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
| NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. | ||
| By: | /S/ JOSEPH R. FICALORA | |
| Joseph R. Ficalora | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/S/ JOSEPH R. FICALORA Joseph R. Ficalora | Director, President & Chief Executive Officer | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ THOMAS R. CANGEMI Thomas R. Cangemi | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ DONALD M. BLAKE Donald M. Blake | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ DOMINICK CIAMPA Dominick Ciampa | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ MAUREEN E. CLANCY Maureen E. Clancy | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ THOMAS A. DOHERTY Thomas A. Doherty | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/S/ JAMES J. O’DONOVAN James J. O’Donovan | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ ROBERT S. FARRELL Robert S. Farrell | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ WILLIAM C. FREDERICK, M.D. William C. Frederick, M.D. | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ MAX L. KUPFERBERG Max L. Kupferberg | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ MICHAEL J. LEVINE Michael J. Levine | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ JOSEPH L. MANCINO Joseph L. Mancino | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ MICHAEL F. MANZULLI Michael F. Manzulli | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ HON. GUY V. MOLINARI Hon. Guy V. Molinari | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ JOHN A. PILESKI John A. Pileski | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ JOHN M. TSIMBINOS John M. Tsimbinos | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||
/S/ SPIROS J. VOUTSINAS Spiros J. Voutsinas | Director | September 7, 2005 | ||