SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-Q/A
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

          [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2002
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                                       OR
         [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
             For the transition period from           to
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                         Commission File Number: 0-25233

                             PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                     Federal                                  06-1537499
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         (State or Other Jurisdiction of                  (IRS Employer ID No.)
         Incorporation or Organization)

         400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, New York              10901
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         (Address of Principal Executive Office)             ( Zip Code)

                                 (845) 369-8040
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               (Registrant's Telephone Number including area code)

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 during the  preceding  twelve  months (or for such shorter  period that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

         (1)  Yes [X]     No[ ]

         (2)  Yes [X]     No [ ]

     Indicate the number of shares  outstanding of each of the issuer's  classes
of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

         Classes of Common Stock                            Shares Outstanding
         -----------------------                            ------------------
            $0.10 per share                                      7,997,512
                                                          as of January 31, 2003








                             PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.
                                   FORM 10-Q/A
                    QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002


     This Form 10-Q is being  filed to report  Item  6(b),  Reports on Form 8-K,
which was inadvertently omitted from the previous filing.

         Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

         (a)      Exhibits

         Exhibit 99.1.  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief
                        Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
                        Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

         (b)      Reports on Form 8-K

     On  December  3,  2002,  the  Company  filed a Report on Form 8-K to report
information for Item 7 and Item 9. The Company provided Regulation FD disclosure
of a slide  presentation  to be made at the Friedman  Billings Ramsey 9th Annual
Investor  Conference,  discussing the Company's current and historic performance
and strategies. The slide presentation was filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K.

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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                Provident Bancorp, Inc.
                                (Registrant)


                                  By:/s/ George Strayton
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                     George Strayton
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Duly Authorized Representative)

                                    Date:    March 17, 2003



                                By: /s/ Christina L. Maier
                                    ---------------------------------------
                                     Christina L. Maier
                                     Vice President and
                                     Controller
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

                                    Date:    March 17, 2003












                    Certification of Chief Executive Officer
                    ----------------------------------------
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, George Strayton, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of Provident  Bancorp,
     Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this quarterly report;

3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in this  quarterly  report,  fairly  present  in all
     material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash
     flows of the  registrant  as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
     quarterly report;

4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I are  responsible  for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant  and have:

          a)   designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that
               material  information  relating to the registrant,  including its
               consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within
               those  entities,  particularly  during  the  period in which this
               quarterly report is being prepared;

          b)   evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
               controls and  procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
               filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and


          c)   presented  in this  quarterly  report our  conclusions  about the
               effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures based on
               our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.   The registrant's other certifying  officers and I have disclosed,  based on
     our most recent  evaluation,  to the  registrant's  auditors  and the audit
     committee of  registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing  the
     equivalent functions):

          a)   all  significant  deficiencies  in the  design  or  operation  of
               internal  controls which could adversely  affect the registrant's
               ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial data
               and have  identified for the  registrant's  auditors any material
               weaknesses in internal controls; and

          b)   any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal controls; and


6.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I have indicated in this
     quarterly  report  whether  there  were  significant  changes  in  internal
     controls or in other  fachhtors that could  significantly  affect  internal
     controls  subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including
     any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
     weaknesses.



         March 17, 2003
         Date
                                           /s/ George Strayton
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           George Strayton
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer








                    Certification of Chief Financial Officer
                    ----------------------------------------
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, Christina L. Maier, Vice President and Controller (chief financial  officer),
certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of Provident  Bancorp,
     Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this quarterly report;

3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in this  quarterly  report,  fairly  present  in all
     material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash
     flows of the  registrant  as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
     quarterly report;

4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I are  responsible  for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant  and have:  a)
     designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures to ensure that material
     information   relating  to  the  registrant,   including  its  consolidated
     subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to  us by  others  within  those  entities,
     particularly  during  the period in which  this  quarterly  report is being
     prepared;  b) evaluated the  effectiveness of the  registrant's  disclosure
     controls  and  procedures  as of a date  within 90 days prior to the filing
     date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation  Date"); and c) presented in
     this  quarterly  report  our  conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the
     disclosure  controls  and  procedures  based  on our  evaluation  as of the
     Evaluation Date; 5. The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I have
     disclosed,  based  on our  most  recent  evaluation,  to  the  registrant's
     auditors and the audit  committee of  registrant's  board of directors  (or
     persons performing the equivalent functions):

          a)   all  significant  deficiencies  in the  design  or  operation  of
               internal  controls which could adversely  affect the registrant's
               ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial data
               and have  identified for the  registrant's  auditors any material
               weaknesses in internal controls; and

          b)   any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal controls; and

6.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I have indicated in this
     quarterly  report  whether  there  were  significant  changes  in  internal
     controls  or in other  factors  that could  significantly  affect  internal
     controls  subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including
     any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
     weaknesses.



         March 17, 2003                    /s/ Christina L. Maier
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         Date                              Christina L. Maier
                                           Vice President and Controller
                                          (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                           Officer)