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==Economy== [[Sbarro]]'s headquarters were located in [[Melville, New York|Melville]] in the Town of Huntington until 2015.<ref>"[http://www.sbarro.com/contact.php Contact Us]." [[Sbarro]]. Retrieved March 5, 2010.</ref> Around 2002, [[Swiss International Air Lines]]'s North American headquarters moved from Melville to [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]], [[Hempstead (town), New York|Town of Hempstead]]. The facility, the former [[Swissair]] North American headquarter site, was completed in 1995. Swissair intended to own, instead of lease, its headquarters site. It enlisted architect [[Richard Meier]] to design the Melville facility.<ref>"[http://www.swiss.com/countries/US/local_content/contacts/Pages/Contacts.aspx Contact Us SWISS USA]." ''[[Swiss International Air Lines]]''. Retrieved January 20, 2009.</ref><ref>Anastasi, Nick. "[http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities/1079029-1.html SwissAir USA HQ heads to market.(Swiss International Airlines moves to Uniondale)]." ''[[Long Island Business News]]''. June 7, 2002. Retrieved January 25, 2009.</ref> In 1997, [[Aer Lingus]] announced that it was moving its North American headquarters from [[Manhattan]] to Melville; James Lyndon, a spokesperson for the airline, said that the company moved to Long Island in an effort to reduce costs, as leasing costs are lower on Long Island than in Manhattan. The move would transfer 75 employees, including administrative personnel, marketing personnel, sales personnel, and telephone reservation agents. The airline planned to move on June 15, 1997. The airline had also considered sites in Boston and in [[Westchester, New York]].<ref>Wax, Alan J. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604145405/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/44713595.html?dids=44713595:44713595&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10,+1997&author=Wax,+Alan+J&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Aer+Lingus+moving+offices+to+LI&pqatl=google Aer Lingus moving offices to LI]." ''[[Newsday]]''.</ref> ===Top employers=== According to Huntington's 2025 Adopted Budget,<ref>https://huntingtonny.gov/filestorage/13753/13757/17478/17482/2025_Adopted_Budget_Web.pdf</ref> the top employers in the town are: {| class="wikitable" |- ! # ! Employer ! # of Employees |- | 1 | [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] | 3,103 |- |2 | Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center | 1,929 |- |3 | Huntington Hospital | 1,810 |- |4 | [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]] | 1,700 |- |5 | Half Hollow Hills School District | 1,682 |- |6 | [[Henry Schein]] | 1,268 |- |7 | [[Boards of Cooperative Educational Services|Western Suffolk BOCES]] | 1,140 |- |8 | South Huntington Union Free School District | 1,110 |- |9 | Northport-East Northport School District | 945 |- |10 | Huntington - Town Government | 773 |}
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