(a) The annual meeting of stockholders of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. was held on June 7, 2012.

(b) The matters considered and voted on by the stockholders at the annual meeting and the vote of the stockholders were as follows:

1. The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term, by the following vote:

                    Shares                     Broker
Name                Voted For   Votes Withheld Non-Votes

Maureen E. Clancy   249,559,030 42,264,773     105,546,818
Hanif "Wally" Dahya 288,033,778 3,790,025      105,546,818
Joseph R. Ficalora  287,500,717 4,323,086      105,546,818
James J. O'Donovan  276,072,609 15,751,194     105,546,818

2. The adoption of the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by the following vote:

Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstentions 267,173,062 22,410,852 2,239,889

There were 105,546,818 broker non-votes on this proposal.

3. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified by the following vote:

Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstentions 393,553,594 2,597,913 1,219,114

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

4. A shareholder proposal calling for the Board of Directors to initiate the appropriate process to amend the Company's Bylaws to provide that director nominees be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting of shareholders in uncontested elections was approved by the following vote:

Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstentions 154,901,365 132,871,443 4,050,995

There were 105,546,818 broker non-votes on this proposal.