U.S. Rep. Grace Meng led Gov. Kathy Hochul and several other elected officials on a tour of Flushing to hear from local businesses about the challenges they are facing during a period of “deep uncertainty and concern”.
Meng and Hochul were joined by State Sen. John Liu, Council Member Sandra Ung, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Queens Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Grech for a tour of local businesses on Saturday. Dian Yu, executive director of the Flushing BID, and Peter Tu, executive director of the Flushing Chinese Business Association, also joined Saturday’s tour.
Hochul met with owners of several local businesses during the tour, US Supermarket 1, Woodam Restaurant and Prince Optical. Several owners told Hochul that they have faced rising costs since President Donald Trump introduced sweeping tariffs after taking office last year…