Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Subsequent Events	Note 15. Subsequent Events Proposed Merger with Astoria Financial Corporation On October 28, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Astoria Financial Corporation (“Astoria Financial”), which had total assets of $15.1 billion, total deposits of $9.0 billion, and 87 banking offices in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, and Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, at September 30, 2015. Pending receipt of the necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 for the common stock to be issued in the merger, and the completion of certain additional customary closing conditions, the merger is currently expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016. Subject to the terms of, and conditions set forth in, the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Astoria Financial will merge with and into the Company, and Astoria Bank will merge with and into New York Community Bank. Shareholders of Astoria Financial will receive one share of New York Community Bancorp and a cash payment of $0.50 per share for each share of Astoria Financial held on the closing date of the merger. Balance Sheet Repositioning On October 29, 2015, we announced plans to reposition our balance sheet in the fourth quarter of 2015 by prepaying approximately $10 billion of our wholesale borrowings. While the prepayment is expected to result in a one-time after-tax prepayment charge of approximately $614.0 million, it also is expected to reduce our average cost of interest-bearing liabilities and interest expense beginning in next year’s first quarter, and to result in ongoing margin expansion and earnings growth from that point. Follow-On Offering of Common Stock On November 4, 2015, we announced the completion of an underwritten follow-on common stock offering that had been announced and priced on October 29, 2015. The Company offered 40,625,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share, and received net proceeds of $630.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions. A substantial portion of the net proceeds from the offering were used to make a capital contribution to New York Community Bank, with the remainder being set aside for general corporate purposes, including the payment of dividends. The offering raised an amount at least equal to that of the after-tax charge we expect to incur in the current fourth quarter related to the aforementioned prepayment of wholesale borrowings.

Note 15. Subsequent Events

Proposed Merger with Astoria Financial Corporation

On October 28, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Astoria Financial Corporation (“Astoria Financial”), which had total assets of $15.1 billion, total deposits of $9.0 billion, and 87 banking offices in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, and Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, at September 30, 2015.

Pending receipt of the necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 for the common stock to be issued in the merger, and the completion of certain additional customary closing conditions, the merger is currently expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016. Subject to the terms of, and conditions set forth in, the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Astoria Financial will merge with and into the Company, and Astoria Bank will merge with and into New York Community Bank.

Shareholders of Astoria Financial will receive one share of New York Community Bancorp and a cash payment of $0.50 per share for each share of Astoria Financial held on the closing date of the merger.

Balance Sheet Repositioning

On October 29, 2015, we announced plans to reposition our balance sheet in the fourth quarter of 2015 by prepaying approximately $10 billion of our wholesale borrowings. While the prepayment is expected to result in a one-time after-tax prepayment charge of approximately $614.0 million, it also is expected to reduce our average cost of interest-bearing liabilities and interest expense beginning in next year’s first quarter, and to result in ongoing margin expansion and earnings growth from that point.

Follow-On Offering of Common Stock

On November 4, 2015, we announced the completion of an underwritten follow-on common stock offering that had been announced and priced on October 29, 2015. The Company offered 40,625,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share, and received net proceeds of $630.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions.

A substantial portion of the net proceeds from the offering were used to make a capital contribution to New York Community Bank, with the remainder being set aside for general corporate purposes, including the payment of dividends. The offering raised an amount at least equal to that of the after-tax charge we expect to incur in the current fourth quarter related to the aforementioned prepayment of wholesale borrowings.