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Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson will stop by Staten Island on Monday for a town hall meeting, where he will take questions from the audience at the Hilton Garden Inn. (AP Photo/Matt York)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Dr. Ben Carson supporters, get out your foam fingers and "Ben Carson for President" posters, the candidate is coming to Staten Island.

Carson will hold a town hall meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield on Monday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m.

The event is open to the public and attendees can begin arriving at 6 p.m.

The town hall meeting is free, and while it's not required, space is limited and those attending are encouraged to RSVP to lousav1412@aol.com.

The event is in the Persimmon room of the hotel and audience members will have an opportunity to ask Carson questions.

Island Republican Lou Savarese is organizing the event.

He is a Carson supporter and is volunteering on the campaign, which asked him to put together the event for the candidate.

"I'm a very concerned citizen and I have been concerned for a long time," Savarese said. "What I see now is a lot of bluster going on."

He has read every one of Carson's books and said, "We need someone who is going to ... stop this type of polarizing rhetoric. I think that the time is right for Dr. Carson."

While his support in the polls has slipped recently, Carson raised $23 million in the last three months.

His campaign says it believes he is the top Republican fundraiser this quarter.

By comparison, Sen. Ted Cruz raised almost $20 million in the same time period and Sen. Marco Rubio brought in $6 million.

While Donald Trump has fundraised little, he boasts often of his wealth and ability to fund his own campaign.

In national polls, Carson is coming in tied with Rubio for third, with Trump as the frontrunner and Cruz in second place.

Republicans and Democrats in New York will cast their votes in the presidential primaries on April 19.

This story has been updated to correct the order of top Republicans in national polls.