Nine seats (five representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 1, 5, 8, and 9 ran unopposed.
Councillors Francis Roache, Stephen J. Murphy, and Michael F. Flaherty were re-elected.
Davis-Mullen's at-large seat was won by Maura Hennigan, who had been the District 6 councillor since 1984, and a member of the council since 1982.
† Francis Roache resigned his council seat after being elected Registrar of Deeds for Suffolk County in November 2002; Felix D. Arroyo joined the council in January 2003 to serve the remainder of Roache's term.
In February 2002, Conley was named interim district attorney for Suffolk County;[11] he resigned his council seat shortly thereafter.