Exhibit 1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned officer or Board member of the Funds listed on Attachment A hereby constitutes and appoints Deirdre Cunnane, Sarah S. Kelleher, Lisa M. King, Jeff S. Prusnofsky, Amanda C. Quinn and Peter M. Sullivan, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing), to sign the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Effective March 31, 2025, this document hereby revokes in its entirety any Power of Attorney executed by the undersigned with regard to the same subject matter.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Power of Attorney shall not in any manner revoke in whole or in part any power of attorney that the persons whose signatures appear below previously executed.  This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney that the persons whose signatures appear below may execute, unless such subsequent power specifically provides that it revokes this Power of Attorney by referring to the date of execution of this document or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior powers of attorney.

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds (DGCMF):

-Dreyfus Government Cash Management (DGCM)

-Dreyfus Government Securities Cash Management (DGSCM)

Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management (DTOCM)

Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management (DTSCM)

Dreyfus Institutional Liquidity Funds (DILF)

-Dreyfus Treasury and Agency Liquidity Money Market Fund (DTALMMF)

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds (IPMMF):

-Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund

(DIPGPMMF)

Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Funds (IRF):

-Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Money Market Fund (DIPGMMF)

-Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Treasury Obligations Fund (DIPTOF)

CitizensSelect Funds (CSF):

-Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Treasury Securities Money Market Fund

(DIPTSMMF)

BNY Mellon Investment Funds VII, Inc. (BNYMIFVII)

-BNY Mellon Short Term Income Fund (BNYMSTIF)

BNY Mellon Investment Portfolios (BNYMIP):

-MidCap Stock Portfolio (MCSP)

-Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio (SCSIP)

-Technology Growth Portfolio (TGP)

BNY Mellon Opportunity Funds (BNYMOF):

-BNY Mellon Natural Resources Fund (BNYMNRF)

BNY Mellon Short Term Municipal Bond Fund

(BNYMSTMBF)

BNY Mellon Large Cap Securities Fund, Inc. (BNYMLCSF)

BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc. (BNYMSUSEF)

BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc.

(BNYMSUSEP)