POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Alan D. Eskow, Mitchell L. Crandell, Ira Robbins,
and M. Nasette Aranda, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney in
fact to: 1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer and or director of Valley National
Bancorp, the Company, Forms 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;
2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Forms 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney
in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
attorney in facts discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in facts
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys
 in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys in fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 4th  day of January, 2018.
/s/ Jennifer W. Steans
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Jennifer W. Steans
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