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Exhibit 10.51.1

Amendment to the
Dime Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Incentive Plan for Outside Directors

Effective December 20, 2001

        The Dime Bancorp, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan for Outside Directors (the
"Plan") is hereby amended in the following particulars.

1.Section 6 of the Plan is amended to add the following at the end thereof:

"Notwithstanding the foregoing, and unless otherwise prohibited by the Board, a
Non-Qualified Option shall be transferable to Immediate Family Members (as
defined below), partnerships in which the only partners are Immediate Family
Members, or trusts established solely for the benefit of Immediate Family
Members. "Immediate Family Members" shall mean the grandparents, parents, aunts,
uncles, spouse, brothers, sisters, cousins, children, nieces, nephews,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and corresponding step relations, of the
optionee who holds the Non-Qualified Option."

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Amendment to the Dime Bancorp, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan for Outside Directors
Effective December 20, 2001