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June 21, 2024

Re: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-1

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E. Washington D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), we hereby submit by direct electronic transmission a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the proposed offering of securities by selling securityholders of the Company.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 455-7614 with any questions you may have regarding this submission. Please send any correspondence to Bao Nguyen, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief of Staff of the Company (Bao.Nguyen@flagstar) and to me (elewandowski@stblaw.com).

Very truly yours,

/s/ Edgar J. Lewandowski

Edgar J. Lewandowski

cc: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

Bao Nguyen