Josh Nathan has served on the Rye City Council since December of 2021. He was elected in a special election to fill an open seat and thereafter reelected. He serves as Council Liaison to the Boat Basin Commission, the Landmarks Advisory Committee, the Rye Free Reading Room, and the Zoning Board of Appeals. His service and record include:

• Championing: 

  • neighborhood quality of life, sustainability, and 

  • flood mitigation and storm resilience measures

  • sustainability in planning and infrastructure

• A demonstrated commitment to fairness, listening to the community and good governance, and 

• Fiscal responsibility

Previously Josh Nathan served on the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Planning Committee for Rye. In 2014, the Committee, working with a world class engineering firm, analyzed the City and outlined 18 flood mitigation and storm resiliency projects for Rye. (In 2022, the City Council retained the successor to that engineering firm to update the analysis and further develop several projects concerning upstream water that floods Indian Village, the downtown, and the neighborhoods along the Blind Brook.)

For nine years, Josh Nathan served on the Rye City Board of Education. He served three terms as president and two terms as vice president and served as chair of the  following: Audit Committee, Collective Bargaining Negotiating Team, Management Team, Policy Committee, Architect Search Committee, and Senior Administrator Search Committee. During his terms as president ('08-'11), Josh Nathan:

• Steered Rye schools through the great recession, supporting educational excellence while controlling taxes at below tax-cap levels before there even was a tax cap

• Successfully settled a three-year contract negotiation with the teacher’s union

Retained architects for the Rye High School science wing who respected the beauty of Milton Road

• Resolved a more than decade-long multimillion dollar tax litigation between the City, Rye Schools, and the Osborn Home

• Designed and implemented a new strategic planning process for the Board

• Implemented new reporting, including: the semi-annual college placement report to the community, and the monthly Superintendent's report to the Board and community on teaching and learning in Rye, and a new audit tracking system 

• Exercised fiscal prudence in enhancing the educational program through careful allocation of resources to meet the needs of the community

In addition, Josh Nathan has:

• Coached Rye Youth Soccer and Rye Little League

• Volunteered as a practice interviewer for Rye High School students and as a career panelist for the Rye Youth Council’s Career GPS

Josh Nathan is a graduate of Cornell Law School and Vassar College. His law firm provides counsel and representation to clients in small businesses, media and entertainment, arts and education, and the nonprofit sector. He serves as outside general counsel to select nonprofit organizations. Previously he served as general counsel to WNET New York Public Media. He has worked in marketing strategy and as an executive producer for documentary, music, film, health, and lifestyle programming, which earned him two Emmy Awards. Prior to that he worked in “big law.” He has lived in Rye with his wife and son since 2000.