Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (NasdaqGS: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), announced on December 19, 2008 that it is participating in the FDIC's Transaction Account Guarantee Program ("TAGP"). Through the TAGP, the FDIC will provide unlimited deposit insurance coverage for all non interest-bearing transaction accounts through December 31, 2009. This includes traditional non-interest bearing checking accounts, certain types of attorney trust accounts, and NOW accounts as long as the interest rate does not exceed 0.50 percent. The coverage under the TAGP is in addition to and separate from the coverage available under the FDIC's general deposit insurance rules, which insures accounts up to $250,000 through December 31, 2009.

Item 9.01(d). Exhibits

99.1. Press release of Flushing Financial Corporation, dated December 19, 2008.

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