In the early 1970s, several Uniondale residents attempted to incorporate their hamlet as a village, citing dissatisfaction with the way their community was being represented on the board of the committee for redeveloping Mitchel Field, regarding matters like policies and the plans.[4] Their incorporation plans were unsuccessful, and Uniondale remains an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Hempstead.[5][8][9] Lufthansa United States has its headquarters in Uniondale, moving to the hamlet from adjacent East Meadow in 2019.[16] Uniondale was formerly the home of the NHL's New York Islanders,[17] who played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum from 1972 until 2015, and again from 2018 until 2021.The 2014–15 NHL season was originally their final year at the Coliseum before the team moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City.