* Announces Olympic Multiparty Agreement Designating Daniel L. Doctoroff President & CEO of Organizing Committee if New York is Selected to Host Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012      New York, NY (November 15, 2004) - Peter V. Ueberroth, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and former head of the successful 1984 Los Angeles Games, today told a group of business leaders at a breakfast hosted by the Association For A Better New York (ABNY) that the City has "a strong bid that is imminently winnable" for the Olympic Games in 2012 on the day when New York City formally files its Olympic bid with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).     Ueberroth outlined some of the strengths of a Games in New York and the benefits it would bring to the City and praised the bid's leadership as exceptional. He also announced the unprecedented Olympic Multiparty Agreement that will create a structure to ensure certainty and continuity of leadership should New York be selected as the 2012 Host City.     Last Thursday, November 11th, at a ceremony atop the Brooklyn Bridge attended by Governor George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Olympians and Paralympians, the bid sent-off its formal Candidature File ("Bid Book") submission to the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland in time for today's official filing deadline. Pursuant to IOC guidelines, the contents of the Bid Book will be made public on Wednesday, November 17th.    "New York's Olympic bid is superb in every area," said Ueberroth. "The benefits to the Olympic Movement of bringing the Games to New York are tremendous. This City offers an outstanding combination of marketing, financial and media power that can help the Games achieve a new level of global prominence. There is no doubt in my mind that New York has produced a bid that can win."     "The technical excellence of New York's bid is second to none," he continued. "The City's venues, transportation, medical services, and accommodations are outstanding. New York is renowned as one of the most international cities in the world with strong ties to every nation," he continued.     New York's bid would leave an extraordinary legacy for the City with a bold urban transformation by creating hundreds of acres of parkland, remedying the deteriorating waterfront and developing the unproductive West Side of Manhattan.     "This kind of plan, leaving a profound legacy for sport and for the City, and transforming communities for the future, is the kind of long-term project that appeals to the IOC," Ueberroth said.     "The leadership of Mayor Bloomberg and Dan Doctoroff on every aspect of this bid has been impressive. Their strong commitment to moving forward with the New York Sports and Convention Center, which will serve as the Olympic Stadium, before we go to Singapore for the IOC vote next July, is critical," he continued. "This will demonstrate the ability of New York City to get major projects done and strongly position New York in this extraordinarily competitive field against bid cities that already have their stadiums built. This project is critical to the success of the bid."     "Because bid leadership is so important, I am pleased to announce an Olympic Multiparty Agreement among the key parties involved in the bid committing to the new board and leadership if New York is designated by the IOC for the 2012 Games."     The Olympic Multiparty Agreement announced by Ueberroth has been entered into by six parties - the City of New York, the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, Nassau County, the USOC and NYC2012, the committee leading New York's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012 - committing them to cooperate in planning for and operating the Games of 2012 if New York is selected.     In the Olympic Multiparty Agreement, the six parties have agreed that, if New York is selected, Doctoroff will serve as President and CEO of the Organizing Committee for the seven years leading up to the Games with no compensation.    "In past Games, it has sometimes taken too long to organize after a City has been designated, but this won't happen in New York," said Ueberroth. "We have already agreed on our structure and on our leader. It is natural for Dan to play this role, continuing the ten years he has already committed to this bid. I do not believe any bid city has ever designated its leadership before its selection. The benefits are significant by ensuring a continuity of leadership and a seamless transition to Games-time if New York is selected."     Regarding the Olympic Multiparty Agreement, Governor George E. Pataki said, "This agreement symbolizes the unprecedented level of support and coordination that has gone into making New York's proud bid for the Olympic Games. Working together, we will show the world that New York City has what it takes to host the 2012 Olympic Games and we look forward to inviting athletes around the globe to pursue their dreams in the greatest city in the world. We know that when New York is selected as the Host City, we will have the plan and commitment to ensure a spectacular Olympic Games."     "Today, with the submission of our bid for the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee, we officially start the countdown clock to Singapore in July 2005," said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. "Together with the USOC and its Chair, Peter Ueberroth, we have formed an incredible partnership that will ensure the efficient coordination of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 if New York is selected by the IOC. The Games would leave a powerful legacy and would spur the largest single investment in parks and recreational facilities in the City's history and bring a regional economic impact of over $12 billion and creating over 135,000 jobs. With the USOC and the other entities offering their full support, we are confident these will result in a great Games that will bring enormous benefits to the region."    "The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island's premier sports venue, will make an outstanding home for the team handball competition in an Olympic Games in 2012," said Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. "As a lifelong Nassau County resident and New Yorker, it would be an extraordinary honor and thrill to have the Olympic Games come to our State's largest, most diverse and energetic city."     'I'd like to thank Peter Ueberroth for the tremendous support and wise counsel that he has provided to me and the bid," said Doctoroff. "He and the USOC have been great partners. We are also grateful to Governor Pataki, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey and incoming Acting Governor Richard Codey, and Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi for their tremendous support of the bid. And of course, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg for his unwavering support. He has been a tireless advocate for a New York Games and the benefits it would bring to this City."     "NYC2012 has done a superb job of creating a master plan that enables New York City to host an event of this magnitude," said Bill Rudin, Chairman, Association For A Better New York. "ABNY is confident that - in eight years from now - we will all be planning to see the Olympic Games in this City and region."     New York City is competing with four other Candidate Cities for the right to host the 2012 Games: London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris. An IOC Evaluation Commission will visit the cities in Spring 2005 (New York dates: February 21-24).