Photo by Bruce Adler.
The Flushing Business Improvement District will host its first annual gala event on May 5. The event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, 135-20 39th Ave. in Downtown Flushing. Announcing the event at a press conference Wednesday in Flushing are Flushing BID Executive Director Dian Yu; Dr. Chen; Tina Lee, Publisher of the World Journal; Myra Herce of the Flushing Chamber of Commerce; former Borough President Claire Shulman, CEO of the Flushing West Development Corp. and Queens Tribune Publisher Michael Nussbaum. The Queens Tribune is a cosponsor of the event.