Exhibit 32.0

 

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

**18            U.S.C. SECTION 1350,**

**AS            ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

 

In            connection with the Quarterly Report of Kearny Financial Corp. (the            “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008 as filed with            the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”),            I, John N. Hopkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,            pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the            Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

|   | (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of                            Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;                            and |
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|   | (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents,                            in all material respects, the financial condition and result of                            operations of the Company. |
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| Date: May 12, 2008 |   | /s/ John N. Hopkins                   |
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|               |   | John N. Hopkins                       |
|               |   | President and Chief Executive Officer |

                

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 32.0

 

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

**18            U.S.C. SECTION 1350,**

**AS            ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

 

In            connection with the Quarterly Report of Kearny Financial Corp. (the            “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008 as filed with            the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”),            I, William C. Ledgerwood, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the            Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section            906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

|   | (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of                            Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;                            and |
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|   | (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents,                            in all material respects, the financial condition and result of                            operations of the Company. |
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| Date: May 12, 2008 |   | /s/ William C. Ledgerwood |
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|               |   | William C. Ledgerwood     |
|               |   | Senior Vice President and |
|               |   | Chief Financial Officer   |