Inman Connect Luxury Los Angeles-based brokerage The Agency announced Monday that it has added a new franchise on the North Shore of New York’s Long Island. The new franchise will be based in Huntington, a town with a population of just over 200,000 that sits about an hour’s drive east of Manhattan. Michael Smith and Donald Mastroianni, who were both previously top executives at the SafeGuard Group, will lead the new franchise. Mauricio Umansky In a statement, The Agency founder and CEO Mauricio Umansky said his company is “thrilled” to partner with Smith and Mastroianni, who are “two of the most well-respected, accomplished professionals in the industry.”