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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 🚙 Powered by #EllimanNYC 🗽 🔗 https://linktr.ee/themobilebroker

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Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · Jun 24

Honored to be spotlighted in @DouglasElliman Insider after receiving REBNY’s Agent of the Year. This is for all who serve, advocate & uplift underserved markets. When we show up, we shape the future.📰 t.ly/0-EXK
#REBNY #DouglasElliman #AgentOfTheYear #HGAR #NYSAR

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Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4h

💄📊 A $4B luxury pivot: Gucci-owner Kering is close to selling its beauty division to L’Oréal. The deal could reshape how fashion powerhouses balance heritage, storytelling, and scale across fashion and beauty.

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#LuxuryBusiness #MergersAndAcquisitions

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 8h

🚀 Crypto miners are leaving Bitcoin behind. Once tied to price swings, they’re now cashing in on AI and high-performance computing—delivering bigger returns than the coin itself.

🔗 t.ly/rsgAL

#Bitcoin #AI #CryptoMining #HPC

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 8h

📦 From wine to vintage clothes to car parts, everyday orders are getting trapped in tariff limbo. Surprise fees, abandoned packages, and confused customers show how global trade fights are now hitting home in the most personal way.

🔗 t.ly/6IFDX
#TradePolicy #UPS

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 13h

✈️ When thousands of Americans are renouncing citizenship, it’s no longer just about taxes — it’s about identity, politics, and belonging. What does that say about America today?
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#USExpats #Politics

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 18h

Behind the buzz of free buses and frozen rents lies a deeper question: can New York afford ideology without execution? The stakes at City Hall go beyond campaign pledges—this is about who can actually govern.

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#NYCPolitics #NYCMayorRace #Leadership

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 18h

If you have elderly family, friends, or neighbors who can’t make it to the polls, you can help them request a mail ballot before Oct 25. It takes just a few seconds. Every voice deserves to be heard.

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 19h

😱 Unbelievable @NYTMag cover. Stakes for NYC’s future are high.
📬 Absentee deadline Oct 25 🔗 t.ly/_3C3N
🗳️ Early voting Oct 25–Nov 2
🗓️ Election Day Nov 4
Make your plan. Show up. Every voice matters.

#AndrewCuomo #Cuomo2025 #VoteNYC #NYCVotes #NYCMayorRace #CuomoVsMamdani

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 1d

Trade tensions, bank losses, and AI doubts sent the VIX to its highest since April. Gold and Treasuries rallied, defensives outperformed, and risk assets slid—rippling into mortgage rates, CRE, and global capital flows.

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#StockMarket #Volatility #RealEstate #Finance #AI

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 1d

📚 The shutdown is fueling the quiet dismantling of the Department of Education. Layoffs and transfers risk gutting civil rights protections and oversight. The fight over equity and efficiency in our schools is far from over. 🔗 t.ly/V1I3Z

#EducationPolicy #CivilRights

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 1d

🚡🌇 Roosevelt Island is stepping out of Manhattan’s shadow. Record sales above $2M and scarce inventory are turning it into NYC’s newest luxury frontier.

🔗 t.ly/XPVde
#RooseveltIsland #NYCRealEstate #LuxuryLiving #MarketTrends

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 2d

⚖️💼 A major clash: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking Trump to court over a $100K H-1B visa fee. Business leaders say it’s unlawful and cripples U.S. competitiveness, while the White House defends it as reform.

🔗 t.ly/octjd
#H1B #USPolitics #GlobalTalent

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 2d

🗺️⚡ AI’s electricity demand is rewriting America’s energy map. With grids backlogged, tech giants are bypassing utilities and building their own plants. A new power frontier is here.

🔗 t.ly/W5Svo
#AI #DataCenters #Energy

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 3d

🏭 💼 Nestlé is slashing 16,000 jobs—6% of its workforce—in a sweeping reset under new CEO Philipp Navratil. Shares jumped 7%, but the bigger test is whether deep cuts can deliver real growth.

🔗 t.ly/g0g77
#Nestlé #Layoffs #GlobalBusiness

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 3d

👗👔🍽️ Uptown is buzzing again. The Upper East Side is attracting young residents, trendy restaurants, and fashion powerhouses while keeping its old-world charm. A second Gilded Age is here.

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#UpperEastSide #NYC #UrbanTrends #RealEstate

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🥜🥪⚖️ Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s over a crustless PB&J look-alike. At stake: billions in sales, brand identity, and the future of America’s favorite lunchbox snack.

🔗 t.ly/R49zq

#FoodIndustry #Retail #IP #TraderJoes #Smuckers #Uncrustables

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🚇💰 NY’s transit lifeline faces a $432M shortfall as FEMA delays $600M in pandemic reimbursements until 2026. With costs rising and federal scrutiny mounting, the MTA’s financial stability is again in question.

🔗 t.ly/vwmj8

#MTA #NYCTransit #TransitFunding #NYC

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🗽 Manhattan isn’t just bouncing back — it’s rewriting the playbook for office markets nationwide. Record leases, landmark towers, and a talent pipeline that rivals any city. The full story is in the details.

🔗 t.ly/PKUJr

#NYCRealEstate #CRE #FutureOfWork

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🌊🏙️ #EastHarlem is finally reclaiming its waterfront. A $353M greenway project will add 7 acres of parkland, bike paths, and flood protection, closing a key gap in Manhattan’s green corridor. A fulfilled promise for the community.

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#NYC #Parks #ClimateResilience #UrbanPlanning

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🖼️ Harlem’s Studio Museum opens its $300M home this fall—doubling space, honoring its legacy, and amplifying Black artistic voices that shaped the global art world.

🔗 t.ly/keOk-
#StudioMuseum #Harlem #BlackArt

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 4d

🚘🔋 GM’s $1.6B hit, VW job cuts, and fading subsidies reveal how fragile the EV transition is. What started with U.S. rollbacks under Trump is now a global reset.

🔗 t.ly/WySG9

#EVs #ElectricVehicles #CleanEnergy #Automotive #EVTransition #GlobalMarkets

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 5d

🔭🛡️📈 Jamie Dimon is betting $1.5T that America’s future strength will come from defense, tech, energy, and manufacturing. The stakes are national security and global leadership. Can Wall Street help secure it?

🔗 t.ly/V7DHy

#JPMorgan #AI #Energy #Defense

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 5d

Equity in transit isn’t about free rides, it’s about reliable service paid for honestly. Mamdani’s plan offers neither.

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️ A quarter-million federal workers left in one year. HR offices are overwhelmed, OPM is shrinking, and decades of expertise are vanishing. Can Washington hold the line as its backbone disappears?

🔗 t.ly/pd6jZ

#FederalWorkforce #RetirementCrisis

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 5d

🏙️❄️ A rent freeze sounds simple, but the law says otherwise. The RGB — not the mayor — sets rents based on data, not politics. Mamdani’s 0% pledge is legally shaky, risks lawsuits, and could leave tenants in poorly kept homes.

🔗 t.ly/LipMS

#NYCHousing #HousingPolicy #NYCPolitics

Brian Phillips, CRS @themobilebroker.bsky.social · 5d

🚍✨ Mamdani’s “free bus” plan isn’t free at all. Nearly $800M a year, higher taxes, and worse service for the riders who depend on it most. Other cities tried fare-free transit — it failed. The real cost is hidden.

🔗 t.ly/uVIym

#NYCTransit #NYCPolitics

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