Early life Sawicki was born in 1955 to Joseph H. Sawicki Sr. the former Chief of Police of
Southold. Before entering politics Sawicki worked as an
accountant and
auditor for
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co of
Garden City.
Political career Sawicki's political career started in 1979 when he was named Deputy
Suffolk County Comptroller under
Joseph Caputo. In 1982, the state legislature created a new
1st Assembly district encompassing the
North Fork of Long Island, and Caputo ran, winning an upset against Southold Town Supervisor William Pell. The
Conservative Party of New York State refused to endorse Sawicki, instead endorsing the Democrat Pell, however, Sawicki did win the endorsement of the
New York State Right to Life Party. Sawicki said he did so to be closer to his family, and because he had stopped enjoying his time as an assemblyman. In 2011 Sawicki announced that he was considering running for county executive to replace
Steve Levy. In 2015 Sawicki was hired by the newly elected Democratic county executive
Steve Bellone to serve as the assistant deputy police commissioner for finance. Also in 2015 the Suffolk Republican Party floated Sawicki as a possible candidate for the last county treasurer before the office was abolished in 2018. Sawicki argued that Long Island, despite making up just 15% of the state's population was unfairly paying 20% of the state's estate taxes and 17% of the state's income taxes. The main reason this study was proposed was due to a $1.5 billion payroll tax imposed by the Legislature to help bail out the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In 2015 Sawicki again proposed Long Island separate as a new state, saying that the region receives only $5.2 billion in state payments, but pays $8.1 billion to the state. ==Personal life==