LukOil stations charge $9 a gallon to protest prices

  Eyewitness NewsNEWARK (WABC) -- Motorists might be in for a shock at the price of gasoline at some LukOil stations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

More than 50 franchise owners raised their prices to nearly $9 a gallon Wednesday morning to protest what they say is the company's unjustified pricing policies.

Sal Risalvato, of the New Jersey Gasoline Convenience-Automotive Association, says that LukOil dealers have to charge more because they pay between 5 and 20 cents more than competitors.

Risalvato says the company has been slow to respond to requests to lower prices.

"Today, a group of LUKOIL franchisees stood together to defend their small businesses and motorists in order to vocally oppose the anti-competitive treatment they and their customers receive at the hands of LUKOIL North America," Risalvato said in a statement. "Their grievances have gone unanswered and unheeded for too long now, leaving them with little recourse."

After they make their point, the dealers plan to reduce prices to a more normal level.

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Protest against Upper East Side trash transfer station

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- A rally was held Saturday to protest plans for a trash transfer facility on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Lawmakers and community activists are speaking out against the plans to establish a new city Department of Sanitation marine garbage transfer station.

It would be built along the East River at 91st Street in Manhattan.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and State Senator Liz Kreuger are among those who say the station would attract birds and create a hazard for airliners.

They claim aviation experts say the city is violating FAA rules prohibiting the building of large garbage facilities within five miles of major airports.

The city says the station's opponents are just trying to scare people.

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Protest planned for interfaith breakfast

In this Monday April 20, 2009 file photo, Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens during a press conference in New York. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)

  Patrick Becker, Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast Friday is now threatened to be overshadowed by protests.

A group of Muslim clerics say they will boycott the breakfast because of the NYPD's controversial counter-terrorism surveillance programs in the city.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the department's actions are within the law.

Friday's breakfast is still scheduled as planned at the Public Library in Midtown.

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