UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2017


NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590
 (Address of principal executive offices)

(516) 683-4100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This current report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the current report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2017 filed by New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Original Form 8-K”).  The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 6, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”).  The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future shareholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”).  No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.

Item 5.07.          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, in a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes held at the 2017 Annual Meeting, 255,775,413 shares voted for one year, 2,338,191 shares voted for two years, 64,349,052 shares voted for three years, 3,260,021 shares abstained, and there were 117,919,269 broker non-votes. The Company has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined, as was recommended with respect to this proposal by the Company’s board of directors in the proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting, that the Company will hold future Say-on-Pay votes on an annual basis until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes.  The next advisory vote regarding the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes is required to occur no later than the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.