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EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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Board of Directors
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement Form S-8 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (formerly Queens County
Bancorp, Inc.) of our report dated January 18, 2000, relating to our audit of
the consolidated statements of financial condition of Queens County Bancorp,
Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
Annual Report and is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1999 Annual
Report on form 10-K filed of Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
December 14, 2000
