Editing Wyandanch, New York (section)

=== Failed incorporation attempts ===
In the 1950s, some or all of Wyandanch and its neighbors [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]] and [[Melville, New York|Melville]], along with the area known as Sweet Hollow, proposed to incorporate as a single village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1955-02-06|title=HUGE NEW VILLAGE ASKED IN SUFFOLK; It Would Take in 50 Square Miles in Huntington and Babylon Townships|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/02/06/archives/huge-new-village-asked-in-suffolk-it-would-take-in-50-square-miles.html|access-date=2021-07-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1955-02-13|title=Talks on Proposed Village Due|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/02/13/archives/talks-on-proposed-village-due.html|access-date=2021-07-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This village would have been known as the Incorporated Village of Half Hollow Hills, would have had an area of roughly {{Convert|50|mi2|km2}}, and would have embraced the [[Half Hollow Hills Central School District|Half Hollow Hills Central School District (CSD 5)]].<ref name=":0" /> The plans were unsuccessful, and each would remain unincorporated hamlets.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref>

Wyandanch also tried incorporating as its own village in the 1980s, citing issues regarding race and neglect from the [[Town of Babylon, New York|Town of Babylon]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Kornfeld|first=Michael|date=August 20, 1989|title=Wyandanch Seeks Vote On Incorporation as Village: Wyandanch Seeks to Incorporate Residents of black area want better representation.|work=[[The New York Times]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Olojede|first=Dele|date=July 15, 1989|title=Wyandanch Incorporation Gets a Boost|work=[[Newsday]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Schmitt|first=Eric|date=September 9, 1989|title=Can a Village Incorporate And Help Itself?: The question is whether breaking away will improve services.|work=[[The New York Times]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> This village would have been known as the Incorporated Village of Wyandanch.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> However, these plans also failed, and Wyandanch remains an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Babylon.<ref name=":1" />