POWER OF ATTORNEY

    I, Dominick Ciampa, a Director of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Corporation"), hereby authorize and designate each of Joseph R. Ficalora,
Robert Wann, R. Patrick Quinn, and Salvatore DiMartino or any partner of the law
firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as my agent and attorney-in-fact,
with
full power of substitution, to:

     (1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the
Corporation's
securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
each
stock exchange on which the Corporation's stock is listed;

      (2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities
  Act
of 1933 with respect to a sale by me or on my behalf of the Corporation's
securities
and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; 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-fact's
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 attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's
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 Corporation assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no
longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holding of
and
transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by
the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


Date: 06/8/2017					/s/ Dominick Ciampa
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						Dominick Ciampa