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Brian Phillips, CRS
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🏆 REBNY’s 🏙️ 2025 Agent of the Year
📍Serving Manhattan, the boroughs & the burbs as #TheMobileBroker 🚙
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🏨 Marriott and Sonder collapsed overnight, leaving guests forced out by 9am and employees learning the news from travelers. When a brand loses control of the story, the damage spreads fast.
Full summary: t.ly/xb3fZ
#Marriott #Sonder #Hospitality
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🏙️⚖️ NYC’s COPA plan could reshape multifamily sales by giving nonprofits the first shot to buy buildings with three or more units. Supporters call it preservation. Owners fear long delays selling. Full summary: t.ly/0HST2

#COPA #NYCRealEstate
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🏙️⚖️ NYC’s housing surge hides a policy problem: 485x wage cliffs are driving developers to stop at 99 units, limiting the larger buildings the city needs. And with Manhattan’s median rent at $4,600, the policy-production gap is growing.

Full summary: t.ly/q1E3Y

#NYCHousing #NYCPolicy #HousingCrisis
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📱Home searching may be about to get harder. The Compass–Zillow clash could push listings onto separate platforms, making it tougher for buyers to see their options. Transparency and access are on the line.

Full summary: t.ly/tlC9L

#HousingMarket #HomeBuying #Compass #Zillow
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🗽🐎 NYC’s fight over horse-drawn carriages isn’t over. The Council killed “Ryder’s Law,” but a new mayor means the debate over jobs, animal welfare, and the industry’s future is just beginning.

Full summary: t.ly/atyeU
#NYCPolitics #NYCNews #CentralPark
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🗽 As Mamdani prepares to take office, NYC is bracing for possible federal cuts, ICE surges, and even National Guard intervention. Hochul and Mamdani are mapping out the response. Stability is at stake. Full breakdown: t.ly/uY7d9
#NYC #Mamdani #Hochul #NYPolitics #Leadership
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The shutdown ends, but the uncertainty doesn’t. ACA subsidies remain in limbo, with millions facing steep premiums if Congress fails to act before January. The debate is only beginning.
🔗 t.ly/dKT2E
#ACA #USPolitics #PolicyUpdate
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🪙 After 232 years, the U.S. Mint has pressed the final penny. Ending it saves millions and marks a major shift toward a digital, cashless future. A piece of Americana is now history.
📖 Full story: t.ly/9j_3z
#USMint #Economy #Fintech #DigitalPayments #History
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🏙️ 🚀 💼 Bold vision meets seasoned experience.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani taps longtime budget chief Dean Fuleihan as First Deputy Mayor, a move blending reform energy with fiscal realism.
🔗 t.ly/4cTeh
#NYC #CityHall #Leadership #DeanFuleihan
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🏠 Zillow’s “super app” dream meets legal reality. A new lawsuit claims the platform pushed buyers to its own loans, raising questions of trust and transparency.
🔗 t.ly/owvcN
#Zillow #RealEstateNews #PropTech
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
💼💰 When Microsoft is a safer bet than the U.S. Treasury, you know the world has changed. Investors are rethinking what “risk-free” really means.
🔗 t.ly/JI4KX
#GlobalMarkets #FixedIncome #Finance #Economy
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🕰️ 💼 From 19th-century protests to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 40-hour workweek defined modern life. But in an age of AI, remote work, and a world where work follows us home, is it still serving us or holding us back?
🔗 t.ly/JRGf1
#FutureOfWork #WorkLifeBalance
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In a city powered by ambition and protected through sacrifice 🇺🇸
We honor those who stood watch while we dreamed.
But not all were welcomed home with the same honor.
Let’s move beyond ceremony toward justice and support for every veteran.
#VeteransDay #JusticeForVets
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🏛️ After 41 days, the longest shutdown in U.S. history may finally end. The Senate voted to reopen the government through January 30, but another standoff could loom. The debate over funding and health care is far from over.
🔗 t.ly/yn3GQ
#USPolitics #Leadership
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
💊💥 Pfizer’s $10B move to acquire Metsera reveals how politics and profit now intertwine. After an FTC warning undermined Novo Nordisk’s bid, Pfizer secured its path into the booming $100B obesity drug market.
🔗 t.ly/Txr7Y
#Pfizer #Pharma #ObesityDrug #Healthcare
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
⛴️ NYC Ferry is charting a new course. Starting Dec 8, routes will be faster and more connected, linking Red Hook, Sunset Park, and East Harlem with Midtown and beyond. A new era of urban mobility.
🔗 t.ly/ri-mK
#NYCFerry #NYCTransportation #UrbanMobility #WaterfrontDevelopment #PublicTransit
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🍞🥫🇺🇸 Millions of Americans are caught in limbo as a Supreme Court battle over SNAP, the nation’s largest food aid program, leaves families unsure if benefits will arrive. What began as a fiscal standoff has become a moral reckoning over hunger.
🔗 t.ly/sl-jc
#SNAP #FoodSecurity #AntiHunger #USPolitics
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🌈 💍 A decade after Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court refused to reopen the fight over marriage equality. The landmark ruling that changed millions of lives still stands preserving a hard-won right and a vital symbol of dignity and equality. #LoveIsLove

🔗 t.ly/hl7s0
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨 A divided Senate votes to end the 40 day shutdown but without renewing key ACA subsidies that millions rely on. Democrats are split, progressives call it capitulation, and premiums could soon double for many Americans.
🔗 t.ly/wgBtR
#GovernmentShutdown #ACA
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
🏙️ A City in Motion, a Season of Change.
From winter prep to new leadership shaping NYC real estate, this issue is all about preparation and opportunity.
Stay ahead with insights on energy savings, investing, and what’s next for housing.

🔗 t.ly/J45QQ
#NYCRealEstate #WinterPrep
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌍💣 Trump’s threat of U.S. military action over the killing of Christians in Nigeria has sparked a diplomatic storm. What began as local conflict has become a global flashpoint testing faith, power, and perception.

🔗 t.ly/eTJQ9
#Nigeria #USForeignPolicy #FaithAndPolitics
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
💼 America’s job engine is slowing.
From Main Street to Manhattan, small businesses that employ 40% of the nation’s workforce are pausing hiring as inflation, tariffs, and weak demand test their resilience.

🔗 t.ly/sNp59
#SmallBusiness #USAEconomy #Inflation #Jobs
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🧳 Major turbulence ahead: Airlines have canceled 1,000+ flights as the FAA cuts traffic at 40 U.S. airports amid the shutdown. Delays could soar 20% if staffing shortages persist—testing how long the system can hold before it cracks.

🔗 t.ly/vC6lK
#FAA #AirTravel #Travel
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🏆 Pfizer just beat Novo Nordisk in a $10B showdown for Metsera, one of the fiercest pharma battles since the race for COVID vaccines. The deal gives Pfizer a new shot at dominating the booming obesity drug market.

🔗 t.ly/zDK0p
#Pfizer #NovoNordisk #Metsera #PharmaDeals #ObesityDrugs
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labor Dept’s new campaign to “celebrate” American workers is drawing scrutiny for what it shows — and what it leaves out. When representation fades, perception follows.

🔗 t.ly/H8EKW

#RepresentationMatters #AmericanWorkforce
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM