SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

253922-10-8

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2020

Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which the Schedule is filed:


◻	Rule 13d-1(b)
⌧	Rule 13d-1(c)
◻	Rule 13d-1(d)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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CUSIP No. 253922-10-8	13G/A



1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
	SS. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (Voluntary)

	The Compensation and HR Committee of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
	(a) ◻
	(b) ◻

3 SEC USE ONLY


4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware Corporation’s employee benefit plan organized in New York

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0
NUMBER OF
SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY			2,137,015
OWNED BY
EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING			0
PERSON
WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			2,137,015


9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	2,137,015


10	CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 9 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
	—

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
	6.5% of 352,766,951 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO

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Item 1(a)

Name of Issuer:

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. ("Company")

Item 1(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Office:	898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560
	Hauppauge, NY 11788

Item 2(a)


Name of Person Filing:	The Compensation and HR Committee of Dime Community
	Bancshares, Inc.

Item 2(b)

Address of Principal Business Office:	898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560
	Hauppauge, NY 11788

Item 2(c)

Citizenship:

U.S.A.

Item 2(d)

Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock")

Item 2(e)


CUSIP Number:	253922-10-8

Item 3


If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
(a)	◻	Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b)	◻	Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c)	◻	Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d)	◻	Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8).
(e)	◻	An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f)	◻	An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g)	◻	A parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h)	◻	A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i)	◻	A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j)	◻	Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

	This Statement is filed pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(c)

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Item 4

Ownership:

The following information with respect to the Committee’s ownership of Common Stock is provided as of December 31, 2020. None of the shares set forth below constitute shares the beneficial ownership of which the Committee had the right to acquire within 60 days following such date.


(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned	2,137,015
(b)	Percent of Class	6.5%
(c)	Number of shares as to which such person has:
	(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote	0
	(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote	2,137,015
	(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct disposition of	0
	(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct disposition of	2,137,015

The Compensation and HR Committee (the "Committee") of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. serves certain administrative functions for Dime Community Bank KSOP ("KSOP Plan"). As of December 31, 2020, the KSOP Plan owned 2,137,015 of the Common Stock, all of which are held by Delaware Charter Guarantee & Trust Company dba Principal Trust Company as Trustee, as of December 31, 2020. The Committee has the power and authority to direct the Trustee of the KSOP Plan with respect to the investment in the Common Stock in the absence of a tender offer, but has no voting power with respect to any shares.

Item 5

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

Not applicable

Item 6

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

Dividends on the Common Stock allocated to the accounts of participating employees and their beneficiaries, to the extent paid in the form of additional securities, are added to their respective individual accounts. Dividends on Common Stock allocated to the accounts of participating employees and their beneficiaries, to the extent paid in cash, are, at the direction of the Company, either (i) credited to the respective individual accounts or (ii) distributed to the participating employees and their beneficiaries. Under the KSOP Plan, cash dividends on common stock allocated to the accounts of participating employees and beneficiaries are added to their respective individual accounts. For the Restricted Stock Award shares, Performance Share Award shares, and Sales Incentive Award shares, dividends on Common Stock allocated to the accounts of participating employees and their beneficiaries, to the extent paid in the form of additional securities, are added to their respective individual accounts. Dividends on Common Stock allocated to the accounts of participating person and their beneficiaries for the Restricted Stock Awards and Performance Share Award shares, to the extent paid in cash, are, at the direction of the Company, distributed to the participating employees and their beneficiaries.

Item 7

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:

Not applicable

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Item 8

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

Not applicable

Item 9

Notice of Dissolution of Group

Not applicable

Item 10

Certification:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities, and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

February 12, 2021

(Date)

THE COMPENSATION AND HR COMMITTEE OF DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.


By:	/s/ ROSEMARIE CHEN
	Rosemarie Chen - Chair

By:	/s/ MICHAEL DEVINE
	Michael Devine

By:	/s/ MATTHEW AMIEL LINDENBAUM
	Matthew Amiel Lindenbaum

By:	/s/ ALBERT MCCOY JR.
	Albert McCoy Jr.