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PRESS RELEASE
Exhibit 99.1
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NORTH FORK BANCORP
275 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY 11747 (631) 844-1252 FAX (631) 501-5521
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Aurelie S. Campbell
Corporate Secretary
(631) 844-1252
NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION COMPLETES
THE ACQUISITION OF GREENPOINT FINANCIAL CORP.
Melville, N.Y. - October 1, 2004 - North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. (NYSE:
NFB) announced today that it had completed the acquisition of GreenPoint
Financial Corp. (NYSE: GPT) the parent company of GreenPoint Bank.
North Fork now has approximately $55 billion in assets and operates from 350
branch locations throughout the New York Metropolitan area, New Jersey and
Connecticut.

EX - 99 . 1 2 y03120exv99w1 . txt PRESS RELEASE Exhibit 99 . 1 ------------ NORTH FORK BANCORP 275 Broadhollow Road , Melville , NY 11747 ( 631 ) 844 - 1252 FAX ( 631 ) 501 - 5521 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact : Aurelie S . Campbell Corporate Secretary ( 631 ) 844 - 1252 NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION COMPLETES THE ACQUISITION OF GREENPOINT FINANCIAL CORP . Melville , N . Y . - October 1 , 2004 - North Fork Bancorporation , Inc . ( NYSE : NFB ) announced today that it had completed the acquisition of GreenPoint Financial Corp . ( NYSE : GPT ) the parent company of GreenPoint Bank . North Fork now has approximately $ 55 billion in assets and operates from 350 branch locations throughout the New York Metropolitan area , New Jersey and Connecticut .
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