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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-21-000120
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210223

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000846617
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				112934195
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-253391
		FILM NUMBER:		21664539

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		898 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 560
		CITY:			HAUPPAUGE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11788
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6315371000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		898 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 560
		CITY:			HAUPPAUGE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11788

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20190819

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRIDGE BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940715
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<DESCRIPTION>DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC. FORM S-8 FEBRUARY 23, 2021
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission February 23, 2021</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"></font>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">11-2934195</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">2200 Montauk Highway</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;"></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font><font style="font-weight: bold;"></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">Copies to:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Mr. Kevin M. O&#8217;Connor</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">John J. Gorman, Esquire</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Chief Executive Officer</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">2200 Montauk Highway</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large
      accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;):</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer&#160; &#9723;</div>
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            <div>Accelerated filer &#8999;</div>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer &#9723;&#160; (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Title of</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount of</div>
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            <div>Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">824,633<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;"> (2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$22,669,162</div>
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    <div>_________________________</div>
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            <div>Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Equity Plan&#8221;) as a
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            <div>Represents the number of shares of common stock that remain available for issuance under the Equity Plan with respect to grants of stock options and restricted stock.</div>
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            <div>Determined pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.457(h)(1) and 230.457(c) under the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R. &#167; 230.462.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 12pt;">On February 1, 2021, in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2020 (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), by and between Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (formerly known as Bridge
        Bancorp, Inc.), a New York corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#8220;Old Dime&#8221;), Old Dime merged with and into the Company (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;), with the Company surviving the Merger. In connection with the
        Merger, the Company assumed the plan of Old Dime set forth on the cover page of this Registration Statement (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) and all obligations of Old Dime under such Plan, and the Company is hereby registering 824,633 shares of the Company&#8217;s common
        stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) pursuant to such Plan.&#160; Pursuant to an exception under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c) and IM-5635-1, shareholder approval is not required to list shares on the NASDAQ that are available for grant under
        a&#160;pre-existing&#160;shareholder approved plan of an issuer that is acquired in a corporate acquisition or merger transaction and such shares may be used for certain post-transaction grants, provided that (i)&#160;the number of shares available for grants is
        appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction; (ii)&#160;the time during which those shares are available is not extended beyond the period when they would have been available under the&#160;pre-existing&#160;plan, absent the transaction; and (iii)&#160;the
        options and other awards are not granted to individuals who were employed, immediately before the transaction, by the acquiror.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PART I.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Items 1 and 2.&#160; Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated by
      the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
      Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PART II.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated herein by
      reference (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&#160;8-K,&#160;unless otherwise indicated therein, including any exhibits included with such Items):</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(1)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
      ended December 31, 2019 (File No. 001-34096), filed with the Commission on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661720000012/0000846617-20-000012-index.htm">March 11, 2020</a>;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(2)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The information specifically incorporated by reference into
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(3)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form&#160;10-Q&#160;for the quarters
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      Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008 and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000110465921009777/0001104659-21-009777-index.htm">February 1, 2021</a> (File No. 001-34096).</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to
      be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
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      supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.&#160; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
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    <div>Article V of the Company&#8217;s Bylaws provides as follows:</div>
    <div><br>
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    <div><u>Section 501</u> - <u>Right to Indemnification</u></div>
    <div>Any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal (including an action by or in the right of the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, join venture, trust, employee
      benefit plan or other enterprise which any director or officer of the Corporation served in any capacity at the request of this Corporation), by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the
      Corporation, or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
      reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense or appeal of any such action or proceeding, and against any other amounts, expenses and fees similarly incurred; provided that no
      indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of any director or officer where indemnification is prohibited by applicable law. This right of indemnification shall include the right of a director or officer to receive payment from the Corporation for
      expenses incurred in defending or appealing any such action or proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided that the payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of an action or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to
      the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified. The preceding right of indemnification
      shall be a contract right enforceable by the director or officer with respect to any claim, cause of action, action or proceeding accruing or arising while this Bylaw shall be in effect.</div>
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    <div><u>Section 502</u> - <u>Authorization of Indemnification</u></div>
    <div>Any indemnification provided for by Section 501 shall be authorized in any manner provided by applicable law or, in the absence of such law;</div>
    <div><br>
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    <div>(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By the Board of Directors acting by a quorum of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding, upon a finding that there has been no judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer which
      establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which
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    <div>(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If a quorum under clause (a) is not obtainable, (i) by the Board upon the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because there has been no such judgment or other final
      adjudication adverse to the director or officer, or (ii) by the shareholders upon a finding that there has been no such judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer.</div>
    <div><br>
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    <div><u>Section 503</u> - <u>Right of Claimant to Bring Suit</u></div>
    <div>If a claim of indemnification is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
      amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to recover the expenses of prosecuting such claim.</div>
    <div><br>
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    <div><u>Section 504</u> - <u>Non-Exclusivity of Rights</u></div>
    <div>The rights conferred on any person under this Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which may exist under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or
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    <div><u>Section 505</u> - <u>Insurance</u></div>
    <div>Subject to the laws of New York, the Corporation may maintain insurance, as its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation against any expense, liability or loss of the general nature contemplated by
      this Article, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the laws of New York.</div>
    <div><br>
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    <div><br>
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    <div><u>Section 506</u> - <u>Severability</u></div>
    <div>It is the intent of the Corporation to indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent authorized by the laws of New York as they now exist or may hereafter be amended. If any portion of this Article shall for any reason be held invalid
      or unenforceable by judicial decision or legislative amendment, the valid and enforceable provisions of this Article will continue to be given effect and shall be construed so as to provide the broadest indemnification permitted by law.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000110465921010989/tm214955d1_ex3-1.htm">4.1</a></div>
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              <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000110465921010989/tm214955d1_ex3-1.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company<font style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;</font>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
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            <div>
              <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000110465921009751/tm214412d1_ex3-2.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
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          <td style="width: 77.14%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div><a href="ex5-s8_022321.htm">Opinion of Luse Gorman, PC</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005409/000114036120008887/nc10008215x1_def14a.htm">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix 2 to the proxy statement for the Annual
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          <td style="width: 77.14%; vertical-align: top;">
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      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (section 230.424(b)) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">LUSE GORMAN, PC</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">ATTORNEYS AT LAW</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 780</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">TELEPHONE (202) 274-2000</div>
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    <div>February 23, 2021</div>
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    <div>Board of Directors</div>
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    <div style="margin-left: 72pt; font-weight: bold;">Registration Statement on Form S-8</div>
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    <div>Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">You have requested the opinion of this firm as to certain matters in connection with the registration of 824,633 shares of common stock,
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction
      of the following: (i) the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Form S-8&#8221;) to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), on the date hereof; (ii) the
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      relating to the approval of the Plan, the filing of the Registration Statement, and certain related matters; and (vi) applicable statutes and regulations governing the Company.&#160; We have assumed the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all
      documents in connection with the opinion expressed herein.&#160; We have also assumed the legal capacity and genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which the opinions expressed herein are rendered.</div>
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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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    <div>We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. of our report dated March 11, 2020 relating to the consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal control
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    <div>February <u></u>23, 2021</div>
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