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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 on May 30, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;"></font>_________________________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">UNDER</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(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;">New York</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: 8pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">Incorporation or Organization)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Hauppauge, New York 11788</font></div>
    <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. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">Copies to:</div>
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            <div>Stuart H. Lubow, Chief Executive Officer</div>
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          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">&#160;Marc P. Levy, Esq.</td>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">D. Max Seltzer, Esq.<br>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Luse Gorman, PC</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Hauppauge, New York 11788</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(631) 537-1000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">&#160;Washington, DC 20015-2035</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(Name, Address and Telephone</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(202) 274-2000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Number of Agent for Service)</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 Exchange Act:</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer &#8999;</div>
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            <div>Accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer&#160; &#9744;</div>
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            <div>Smaller reporting company&#9744;</div>
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            <div>Emerging growth company &#9744;</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
      Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is filed by Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (&#8220;Registrant&#8221;) to register additional shares of common stock
      of Registrant, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) issuable pursuant to the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2021 Equity Plan&#8221;) and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">This Registration Statement registers 1,185,000 additional shares of Common stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 Equity Plan, which shares are in addition to the 1,200,000
      shares of Common Stock previously registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission&#8221;) on June 21, 2021.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The issuance of the additional 1,185,000 shares being registered under the 2021 Equity Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement is condition upon the approval by the
      Registrant&#8217;s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Registrant to be held on May 23, 2024.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">PART I.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION


        REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
      the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.&#160; The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration statement as specified by Rule
      428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.&#160; After giving effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate 2,385,000 shares of Common Stock have been issued for registered for issuance pursuant to the 2021 Equity Plan.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">PART II.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION


        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">Incorporation


        of Documents by Reference</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The following documents previously filed by Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) 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;">(a)&#160; <font style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;" class="HorizontalTab">&#160;&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661724000018/dcom-20231231x10k.htm">Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023</a> filed with the Commission on February 22, 2024 (File No. 001-34096), pursuant to Section 13(a)
      of the Exchange Act;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(b)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661724000038/dcom-20240331x10q.htm">Form&#160;10-Q&#160;for the quarter ended March&#160;31, 2024</a>, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024 (File No. 001-34096);</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(c)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000010/dcom-20240126x8k.htm">January 26, 2024</a>; <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000013/dcom-20240207x8k.htm">February
        7, 2024</a>; <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000022/dcom-20240312x8k.htm">March 12, 2024;</a> <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000025/dcom-20240328x8k.htm">March 28, 2024</a>; <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000094337424000135/form8k_041524.htm">April 18, 2024</a>;
      <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000034/dcom-20240425x8k.htm">April 25, 2024</a>; <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661724000042/dcom-20240523x8k.htm">May 23,
        2024</a>; and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337424000208/form8k_052324.htm">May 28, 2024</a> (File No. for all 001-34096); and</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(d)<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000110465921009777/tm214437d1_8a12b.htm">Registration Statement on Form 8-A</a> filed with the Commission on February 1, 2021 (File No. 001-34096), including any subsequent amendments or reports
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.</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 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
      this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or
      supersedes such statement.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;">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
      the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.&#160; List of Exhibits.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Regulation S-K</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">Exhibit Number</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000110465921009751/tm214412d1_8k.htm">4.1</a></div>
            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000110465921009751/tm214412d1_8k.htm">&#160;</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000110465921009751/tm214412d1_8k.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
                Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 2, 2021 (File No. 001-34096))</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000094337423000493/form8k_121923.htm">4.2</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000094337423000493/form8k_121923.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 the Commission on December 21, 2023 (File No. 001-34096))</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="ex5-s8dime053024.htm">5</a></div>
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            <div><a href="ex5-s8dime053024.htm">Opinion of Luse Gorman, PC</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661721000020/dcom-20210527xdef14a.htm">10.1</a></div>
            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661721000020/dcom-20210527xdef14a.htm">&#160;</a></div>
            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661721000020/dcom-20210527xdef14a.htm">&#160;</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661721000020/dcom-20210527xdef14a.htm">Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix 1 to the proxy statement for the Annual
                Meeting of Stockholders of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., filed under the Exchange Act on April 16, 2021 (File No. 001-34096))</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661723000018/dcom-20221231x10k.htm">10.2</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000846617/000084661723000018/dcom-20221231x10k.htm">Amendment One to the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to
                Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed February 28, 2023 (File No. 001-34096))</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337421000267/ex10-2_s8062121.htm">10.3</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337421000267/ex10-2_s8062121.htm">Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form
                S-8, filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))</a></div>
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Registration No. 333-_________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2024
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
_________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New York
11-2934195
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copies to:
Stuart H. Lubow, Chief Executive Officer
Marc P. Levy, Esq.
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
D. Max Seltzer, Esq.
898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560
Luse Gorman, PC
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(631) 537-1000
5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
Washington, DC 20015-2035
(Name, Address and Telephone
(202) 274-2000
Number of Agent for Service)
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 "large
      accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer ⌧
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer  ☐
Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company ☐
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
      Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is filed by Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. ("Registrant") to register additional shares of common stock
      of Registrant, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2021 Equity Plan") and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
This Registration Statement registers 1,185,000 additional shares of Common stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 Equity Plan, which shares are in addition to the 1,200,000
      shares of Common Stock previously registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 21, 2021.
The issuance of the additional 1,185,000 shares being registered under the 2021 Equity Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement is condition upon the approval by the
      Registrant's stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Registrant to be held on May 23, 2024.
PART I.
INFORMATION

        REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
      the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration statement as specified by Rule
      428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.  After giving effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate 2,385,000 shares of Common Stock have been issued for registered for issuance pursuant to the 2021 Equity Plan.
PART II.
INFORMATION

        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation

        of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
      "Exchange Act"), 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 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein, including any exhibits included with such
      Items):
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023
filed with the Commission on February 22, 2024 (File No. 001-34096), pursuant to Section 13(a)
      of the Exchange Act;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024
, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024 (File No. 001-34096);
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 26, 2024
;
February
        7, 2024
;
March 12, 2024;
March 28, 2024
;
April 18, 2024
;
April 25, 2024
;
May 23,
        2024
; and
May 28, 2024
(File No. for all 001-34096); and
(d)
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on February 1, 2021 (File No. 001-34096), including any subsequent amendments or reports
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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 incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a
      part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
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
      this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or
      supersedes such statement.
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.
All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in
      the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.
Item 8.  List of Exhibits.
Regulation S-K
Exhibit Number
Document
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
                Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 2, 2021 (File No. 001-34096))
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 21, 2023 (File No. 001-34096))
5
Opinion of Luse Gorman, PC
10.1
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix 1 to the proxy statement for the Annual
                Meeting of Stockholders of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., filed under the Exchange Act on April 16, 2021 (File No. 001-34096))
10.2
Amendment One to the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to
                Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed February 28, 2023 (File No. 001-34096))
10.3
Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                S-8, filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))
10.4
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on
                Form S-8, filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))
10.5
Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
                filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))
10.6
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                S-8, filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))
10.7
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant's Registration
                Statement on Form S-8, filed June 21, 2021 (File No. 333-257220))
23.1
Consent of Luse Gorman, PC (contained in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Crowe LLP (Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)
24
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
107
Filing Fee Table
____________________________________
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
      believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hauppauge, New York, on this 30th day of
      May, 2024.
DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/ Stuart H. Lubow
Stuart H. Lubow
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.  (the "Company") hereby severally constitute and appoint Stuart H. Lubow, as our true and lawful
      attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Stuart H. Lubow may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and
      requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the registration of shares of common stock to be granted and shares of common stock to be issued upon the exercise of stock options to be granted under the Dime Community
      Bancshares, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below the registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective
      amendments) thereto; and we hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Stuart H. Lubow shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
      indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Stuart H. Lubow
Director, President and Chief
May 30, 2024
Stuart H. Lubow
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Avinash Reddy
Senior Executive Vice President and
May 30, 2024
Avinash Reddy
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Kenneth J. Mahon
Chairman of the Board
May 30, 2024
Kenneth J. Mahon
/s/ Paul M. Aguggia
Director
May 30, 2024
Paul M. Aguggia
/s/ Rosemarie Chen
Director
May 30, 2024
Rosemarie Chen
/s/ Michael P. Devine
Director
May 30, 2024
Michael P. Devine
/s/ Judith H. Germano
Director
May 30, 2024
Judith H. Germano
/s/ Matthew A. Lindenbaum
Director
May 30, 2024
Matthew A. Lindenbaum
/s/ Albert E. McCoy, Jr.
Director
May 30, 2024
Albert E. McCoy, Jr.
/s/ Raymond A Nielson
Director
May 30, 2024
Raymond A Nielson
/s/ Joseph J. Perry
Director
May 30, 2024
Joseph J. Perry
/s/ Kevin Stein
Director
May 30, 2024
Kevin Stein
/s/ Dennis A. Suskind
Director
May 30, 2024
Dennis A. Suskind