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ing taxes for residents, finding ways to foster resident participation with the village and its board of trustees and continuing to support the highway department.

“The common denominator is to continue to focus on our village and try to maintain it as the special place that it is,” Collins said.

Genese and Frankel did not respond to a request for comment.

Genese is an architect and the principal at N2 Design + Architecture. He has been a trustee since 2016 and currently serves on the Town of North Hempstead’s Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission. He was previously on the village’s architectural review board and planning board after serving as the Munsey Park village architect consultant for 11 years.

Frankel, a born and raised Flower Hill resident, joined the board in 2021. According to a fall 2021 newsletter from the village, Frankel works as a commercial underwriter and previously worked for Citigroup’s troubled asset loan sale/syndication group.

Baxter Estates residents will also be voting on three positions: mayor and two trustees.

Mayor Nora Haagenson and trustees Charles Comer and Maria Branco

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