CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report, dated April 10, 2000,
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. dated June 16,
2000, relating to the supplemental consolidated balance
sheets of North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
supplemental consolidated statements of income, cash flows,
changes in stockholders' equity, and comprehensive income
for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report is included in the current
report on Form 8-K of North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. dated
April 18, 2000.
/s/ KMPG LLP
New York, New York
June 16, 2000
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