DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC. LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY  FOR SECTION  16
REPORTING  OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Patricia M. Schaubeck,
Megan Hickey, Alexandra Weeks, Marc Levy, Jeffrey Cass and Edward A. Quint,
 each acting individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority
 as hereinafter described on behalf
of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(!)	prepare, execute, acknowledge,  deliver and file Forms ID, 3, 4,
 and 5 (including any amendments thereto)
 with respect to the securities of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., a
New York corporation (the "Company"), with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
 exchanges and the    Company, as considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from  time to time (the "Exchange  Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
 undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to each of the undersigned's
attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Power of Attorney and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in- fact are necessary or desirable for
 and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each
such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion
on inforn1ation provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
 verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
 this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
 in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes
 (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without
limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
 attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do
 and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if present, hereby
ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf
of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to
 be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 28th day of September 2023.
/s/ Judith H. Germano
(Signature)
Judith H. Germano
(Print Name)