Joshua Daniel Isay is the son of Jane Isay and Dr. Richard A. Isay, both of Manhattan. He was married in June 2002 to Cathie Michelle Levine, a daughter of Gale and Lawrence J. Levine of Rockville Centre, N.Y. Rabbi Balfour Brickner performed the ceremony at Temple Israel in Lawrence, N.Y. As of 2002, Isay was a political consultant and a partner in Isay, Klores, Prince, consultants in Manhattan. He was the manager of Andrew M. Cuomo's first campaign for governor of New York and, in 2002, was a consultant for Mr. Hevesi's mayoral campaign. Mr. Isay graduated from Washington University in St. Louis. His mother is the editor in chief of Harcourt Trade Publishers in New York. His father is a psychoanalyst in Manhattan.