POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints each of Peter E. Sundman,  Claudia A. Brandon,  Sheila R. James,  Kevin
Lyons, Arthur C. Delibert, Lori L. Schneider, Jennifer R. Gonzalez and Fatima S.
Sulaiman, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute  for and on  behalf  of the  undersigned  Forms 3, 4 and/or  5, and
     amendments   thereto   relating  to  Lehman  Brothers  First  Trust  Income
     Opportunity Fund, Neuberger Berman California  Intermediate  Municipal Fund
     Inc.,  Neuberger  Berman  Dividend  Advantage Fund Inc.,  Neuberger  Berman
     Income Opportunity Fund Inc., Neuberger Berman Intermediate  Municipal Fund
     Inc., Neuberger Berman New York Intermediate Municipal Fund Inc., Neuberger
     Berman  Real  Estate  Income  Fund  Inc.,   Neuberger  Berman  Real  Estate
     Securities Income Fund Inc. and Neuberger Berman Realty Income Fund Inc. in
     accordance  with Section 16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
     amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the  undersigned  that
     may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3,
     4 or 5, or amendment  thereto,  and the filing of such form with the United
     States  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  and  any  other  authority,
     including preparing, executing and filing Form ID with the Commission; and

(3)  take  any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
     foregoing that, 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 his/her discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to do and perform all and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,
necessary  and 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 his/her
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  any of the  undersigned's
responsibilities  to comply with  Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

     This  power-of-attorney  shall  expire  when the  undersigned  ceases to be
required to file a Form 3, 4 or 5 with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other authority.






     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 27th day of February, 2007.

                                           /s/ George W. Morriss
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                                           George W. Morriss
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