EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Title 1 of Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency on the 27th day of May, 2014, at 10:00 am., local time, at 350 Front Street, 2nd Floor, Hempstead, New York in connection with the following matters:
Flushing Financial Corporation, a business corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and authorized to transact business in the State of New York, on behalf of itself and/or the principals of Flushing Financial Corporation and/or an entity formed or to be formed on behalf of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Applicant” and “Company”), has applied to the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) to enter into a transaction in which the Agency will assist in the acquisition of a leasehold interest in approximately 85,000 square feet (the “Premises”) of an approximately 1,066,203 square foot building, commonly known as the RXR Plaza, located on approximately 26 acres of land at 144 Glenn Curtis Boulevard, Uniondale, New York (the “Land”), and the renovation, equipping and furnishing of the Premises (the “Improvements”), including, but not limited to the acquisition of filing cabinets, work stations, computers, servers, wiring and voice and data systems (collectively, the “Equipment”, and together with the Premises, and the Improvements, the “Facility”), all to be leased and/or subleased by the Agency to the Company, and used by the Company as its headquarters and for its back office operations in its business as a full service financial institution. The Facility will be initially owned, operated and/or managed by the Company.
At the end of the lease term, the Company will purchase the Facility from the Agency.  The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance to the Company in the form of exemptions from mortgage recording taxes in connection with the financing or any subsequent refinancing of the Facility, exemptions from sales and use taxes and abatement of real property taxes for a period of up to twelve (12) years, consistent with the policies of the Agency. 
A representative of the Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, hear and accept written comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the proposed financial assistance to the Company or the location or nature of the Facility.  At the hearing, all persons will have the opportunity to review the application for financial assistance filed by the Company with the Agency and an analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposed Facility.
Dated:  May 12, 2014
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

By:	Frederick E. Parola
Title:	Executive Director 
and Chief Executive Officer