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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or 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 Adrian
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
615 Merrick Avenue
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(Street)
Westbury New York 11590
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statment (Month/Day/Year) January 1, 2003
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
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(NYB)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
___ Director X Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other
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Executive VP, General Counsel & Corp. Sec'y
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) January 8, 2003
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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 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 at Direct Bene-
yy) any -------------------------------- End of Issuer's (D)or ficial
(mm/dd/yy) Fiscal Year Indirect Owner-
Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 26,929 D
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Common Stock 7,620 I By NYCB ESOP
Trust(1)
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Common Stock 5,235 I By 401(k)
Trust(2)
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Common Stock 6,059 I By 401(k)
Trust(3)
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Common Stock 780 I By Stock
Incentive
Plan(4)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature
Security (Instr. 3) cisable and Amount of Sec- or Exercise Form of of Indirect
Expiration urities Under- Price of Derivative Beneficial
Date lying Deriv- Derivative Securities: Ownership
(mm/dd/yy) ative Security Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) or Indirect
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Date Title Amount (Instr. 5)
Exer- Expir- or
cisable ation Number
Date of
Shares
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Option to Purchase 11-30-00 2-23-08 Common 26,566 $11.06 D
Common Stock (5) Stock
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Option to Purchase 1-18-02 1-18-10 Common 4,744 $15.37 D
Common Stock (5) Stock
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Option to Purchase 1-18-03 1-18-10 Common 11,250 $15.37 D
Common Stock (5) Stock
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Option to Purchase 1-18-04 1-18-10 Common 11,250 $15.37 D
Common Stock (5) Stock
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Option to Purchase 12-21-02 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Option to Purchase 12-21-03 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Option to Purchase 12-21-04 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Option to Purchase 7-24-03 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Option to Purchase 7-24-04 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Option to Purchase 7-24-04 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D
Common Stock (6) Stock
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents shares allocated to individual's account as of 12-30-02 pursuant to the New York Community Bank (NYCB) Employee
Stock Ownership Plan.
(2) Represents shares rolled over from the CFS Bank ESOP to, and subsequently purchased in, the NYCB Employee Savings Plan (ESP).
For purposes of this report, units in the NYCB ESP have been converted into an approximate number of shares of NYCB Common
Stock. The actual number of shares held by the reporting person may vary when such units are actually converted into shares
upon distribution of the units to the reporting person.
(3) Represents shares purchased through the CFS Bank 401(k) Plan, which NYCB was successor to under the Haven Bancorp, Inc.
acquisition.
(4) Represents shares granted on February 15, 2002 under the Haven Bancorp, Inc. (Haven) Stock Incentive Plan, which will vest
February 15, 2003. The reporting person inadvertently reported that he held 1,560 shares "By Stock Incentive Plan" when he
actually held 780 shares in this account.
(5) Represents options to purchase shares granted under the Haven 1996 Stock Option Plan.
(6) Represents options to purchase shares granted under the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, f/k/a
Queens County Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan.
/s/ Mark A. Ricca February 14, 2003
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or ommissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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