HCBK (MM)

PARAMUS, N.J., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCBK), the holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank, announced today that the Board of Directors, at their February 28, 2006 meeting, established May 30, 2006 as the date for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The voting record date will be April 14, 2006. Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Hudson City Savings Bank, a well-established community banking institution with a long-standing tradition of service excellence. Hudson City has assets exceeding $28 billion, making it the largest savings bank headquartered in New Jersey. Hudson City Savings Bank operates 91 full service branches throughout New Jersey, and Suffolk and Richmond (Staten Island) Counties, New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures Hudson City Savings' deposits. This release may contain certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," and "potential." Examples of forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, estimates with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Hudson City Bancorp that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these estimates. These factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and market conditions, legislative and regulatory conditions, changes in interest rates that adversely affect Hudson City Bancorp's interest rate spread, changes in deposit flows, loan demand or real estate values and other economic, governmental, competitive, regulatory and technological factors that may affect Hudson City Bancorp's operations. DATASOURCE: Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. CONTACT: Louis J. Beierle, First Vice President, Investor Relations of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc., +1-201-967-8290, Web site: http://www.hcbk.com/

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