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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ricca, Mark A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
615 Merrick Avenue
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(Street)
Westbury, NY 11590
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
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(NYB)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year January 21, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director X Officer ___ 10% Owner Other
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Executive VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Trans- 2A. 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6.Owner- 7. Nature
of action Deemed action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Execution Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/ Date, if (Instr. 8) Owned Direct Bene-
yy) any ----------------------------------------------- Following (D)or ficial
(mm/dd/yy) Reported Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price Transaction(s) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued) Ricca, Mark A. - January 2003
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A. Deemed 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action Execution tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date Date, if (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ any Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year) Day/
Security Year)
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Code V (A) (D)
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Non-Qualified Stock Option $28.54 01/21/2003 A 90,000
(right to buy)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Security: ficial
(Instr. ficially Direct Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or Following Indirect (I) (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of Reported (Instr. 4) 4)
cisable Date Shares Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
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01/21/2004 01/21/2013 Common Stock 90,000 90,000 D
(1)
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Explanation of Responses:
SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT
/s/ Ilene A. Angarola 1/22/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Ilene A. Angarola, Power of Attorney
For: Mark A. Ricca
** Intentional misstatements or ommissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYB)
Ricca, Mark A. Form 4 - January 21, 2003
615 Merrick Avenue
Westbury, New York 11590
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Explanation of responses:
(1) Non-Qualified Stock Options granted pursuant to the New York Community
Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on January 21, 2004.
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