U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Carey                           James                   M.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)
c/o Mediacom Communications Corporation
100 Crystal Run Road
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                                    (Street)

Middletown                      New York                10041
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


Mediacom Communications Corporation - MCCC
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year



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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

July 2002
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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [_]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

                Senior Vice President, Operations
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 7/12/02 C 86,844 A (1) 157,955 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Response) (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock (1) 7/12/02 C 86,844 (2) None Class A 86,844 0 Common Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: /s/ Joseph Young, Attorney-in-Fact 9/9/02 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned  individual  hereby  constitutes  and appoints each of Rocco B.
Commisso,  Mark E. Stephan, Joseph E. Young and Bruce Gluckman the undersigned's
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent to execute any and all  instruments
and documents in the  undersigned's  name which such  attorney-in-fact  may deem
necessary or advisable to comply with Section 16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 and any rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission  promulgated
pursuant  thereto,  in  connection  with the  undersigned's  direct or  indirect
ownership  of  securities  of Mediacom  Communications  Corporation,  a Delaware
corporation   (such  securities  being  referred  to  herein  as  "Securities"),
including without limitation the power and authority to sign for the undersigned
in the undersigned's  name Forms 3, 4, or 5 and any and all amendments  thereto,
to file the  same,  and to take any  other  action  of any  type  whatsoever  in
connection with the foregoing  which, in the judgment of such  attorney-in-fact,
may be of  benefit  to, in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  of, the
undersigned,   it  being   understood  that  the  documents   executed  by  such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and  shall  contain  such  terms  and  conditions  as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in their discretion.

The  undersigned  hereby  grants to each such  attorney-in-fact  full  power and
authority  to do and perform all and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,
necessary  and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein  granted,  as fully to all intents and purposes as such  attorney-in-fact
might or could do if  personally  present,  with full power of  substitution  or
revocation,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,  or
their substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned  hereby  acknowledges that the foregoing  attorneys-in-fact,  in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any
of  the  undersigned's  responsibilities  to  comply  with  Section  16  of  the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This  Power of  Attorney  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect  until  the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports  pursuant to Section 16 of the
Exchange  Act  of  1934  with  respect  to  the  undersigned's  holdings  of and
transactions in securities issued by Mediacom Communications Corporation, unless
earlier  revoked  by  the  undersigned  in a  signed  writing  delivered  to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has executed this Power of Attorney this
     day of September, 2002.
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                                                                      Individual
                                                James M. Carey
                                                [Print Name]


                                                                   Institutional

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                                Print Name of Entity

                                By:
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                                   Signature of authorized representative

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                                   Print name of authorized representative