Edward L. Sadowsky

Edward L. Sadowsky (February 6, 1929 – November 11, 2021) was an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1962 to 1985.

Sadowsky was born in Brooklyn in 1929. His father was a salesman. His mother was a bookkeeper. He had one sister.

Sadowsky became a member of the New York City Board of Education in 1986. Later that year he unsuccessfully sought to succeed Donald Manes as the Borough President of Queens, New York following Manes's suicide. He considered in running for Mayor of New York City in 1981, but never formally declared his candidacy.

After leaving the Council in 1986, he became a full-time lawyer.

He died of acute respiratory failure on November 11, 2021, in Beachwood, Ohio, at age 92.