FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DiNello Alessandro (Last) (First) (Middle) 102 DUFFY AVENUE (Street) HICKSVILLE NY 11801 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC [ NYCB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Non-Executive Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/01/2022
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		826,626	A	$ 0 (1)	826,626 (2)	D
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		116,839	A	$ 0 (1)	116,839	I	By CRUTrust (3)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		5,115	A	$ 0 (1)	5,115	I	By IRA
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		875,291	A	$ 0 (1)	875,291	I	By SLAT (4)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		28,868	A	$ 0 (1)	28,868	I	By Trust fbo gchild AD (5)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		28,868	A	$ 0 (1)	28,868	I	By Trust fbo gchild DD (5)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		24,612	A	$ 0 (1)	24,612	I	By Trust fbo gchild LeoG (5)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		16,582	A	$ 0 (1)	16,582	I	By Trust fbo gchild MG (5)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		4,537	A	$ 0 (1)	4,537	I	By Trust fbo LukeG (5)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		828,716	A	$ 0 (1)	828,716	I	By Wife's SLAT (6)
Common Stock	12/01/2022		A		827	A	$ 0 (1)	827	I	By Wife's Trust (7)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Acquired pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 24, 2021, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), by and between New York Community Bancorp, Inc. ("NYCB") and Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. ("Flagstar") pursuant to which Flagstar merged with and into NYCB on December 1, 2022 (the "Effective Time"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time of the merger, each share of Flagstar common stock issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 4.0151 shares of NYCB common stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares. On December 1, 2022, the closing price of Flagstar's common stock was $37.54 per share and the closing price of NYCB's common stock was $9.19 per share.

2. Total includes Flagstar RSUs and Flagstar PSUs which were accelerated pursuant to the terms of the reporting person's change-in-control agreement in connection with the merger and exchanged for Merger Consideration pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

3. These shares are held in a charitable remainder unitrust of which the reporting person is a trustee and of which the reporting person and his wife are beneficiaries. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. common stock held by the trust but disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein.

4. Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT) wherein reporting person's spouse is initial trustee and beneficiary.

5. These shares are held in a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's grandchild. The reporting person's spouse is a co-trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

6. Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT) wherein reporting person is initial trustee and beneficiary.

7. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Jan M. Klym, Power of Attorney	12/05/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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