Joshua Klainberg

Throughout his tenure, Joshua has led the candidate evaluation and endorsement process for NYLCV. Over the years, he has played a key role in many federal, state, and local campaigns including non-partisan engagement, candidate forums, bond acts, ballot initiatives, issue campaigns, lobbying efforts, and independent expenditure campaigns. Since 2017, he has followed the empirical data concerning lead in school drinking water and lead service lines, providing content for the following reports — “15 is the New 15 ” (2021) “No Excuses NYC: Replace Lead Pipes Now” (2023 and 2024) — and interviewed by numerous news outlets including WNYC, NY 1, News12, PIX 11, Gothamist, and City Limits. Over the past few years, he has been working with scores of counties, towns, and cities to assist them in their efforts to become certified as a Climate Smart Community.

Joshua has a passion for service-learning which was inculcated in him during stints in the American Legion’s Boys’ State program as well as the inaugural class of President Clinton’s AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). He is a former Career Guide for Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service, a program of New York University’s Wagner School for Public Service; President of his Co-op Board in Park Slope, Brooklyn; and serves as Treasurer to the Silver M Society which honors both students and teachers for their dedication to Manhasset Public Schools. In 2023, he was honored at the WE ACT for Environmental Justice 35th Anniversary Gala as a “champion of environmental health and long-time devotee to public and community service.”

Joshua Klainberg is a graduate of the Manhasset Public Schools. He earned a BA in Urban Environmental Studies from Brandeis University and a Masters in Urban Planning from the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New York University.

Joshua can be reached at jklainberg@nylcv.org