United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2016

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (516) 683-4100

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On April 26, 2016, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, from 600 million to 900 million (the “Amendment”).

The Amendment was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, subject to shareholder approval, and approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) held on April 26, 2016, as further described in Section 5.07 below.

The Amendment became effective upon the Company’s filing of the Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 26, 2016.

The full text of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

On April 26, 2016, the Company held its Special Meeting. 316,055,655 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company were voted at the Special Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business at the Special Meeting. There were three proposals presented and voted on and preliminary results were reported at the Special Meeting. The shareholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of October 28, 2015, by and between Astoria Financial Corporation (“Astoria”) and the Company, pursuant to which Astoria will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and approved the Amendment. The proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary and appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the Merger was withdrawn as sufficient votes were cast at the Special Meeting to approve the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Amendment.

Set forth below, with respect to each matter are the number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions and the number of non-votes (in each case, rounded to the nearest whole share).

Proposal 1 – Adoption of the Merger Agreement.

Proposal 2 – Approval of the Amendment.

Proposal 3 – Approval of the adjournment of the Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the Merger.

This proposal was withdrawn as sufficient votes were cast at the Special Meeting to approve the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Amendment.

SIGNATURES

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.

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