URGENT: CALL TO ACTION

DATE: SATURDAY, NOV. 19

TIME: 9 a.m.

WHAT: “Stop Drowning Islanders and Businesses in Tolls” rally

WHO: The Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, along with local businesses and residents, will protest against consistent bridge-toll hikes imposed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

WHY: Climbing tolls are an economic strain for commuters and a destructive burden for Staten Island businesses

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Cash tolls for cars:

§ $12 at the Bayonne and Goethals bridges, and Outerbridge Crossing

§ $13 at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

WHERE: Margarella Industrial Construction Corp., 2351 Richmond Terrace, in the Staten Island, N.Y., community of Elm Park.