Freddy rips huge 'tab'
for chasing Oly dream

BY MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU

Mayoral hopeful Fernando Ferrer opened fire on the city's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games yesterday - accusing the bid committee of socking taxpayers with hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs.

And he refused to say whether he supports the city's bid. In previous comments, Ferrer backed the Olympic dream.

Ferrer said Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, founder of the city's bid, personally told him the Olympic Games "won't cost the taxpayers a dime."

"So far, I'm counting up several hundred millions of dollars worth of dimes piling up on the public tab," Ferrer said. While he said New York would be "proud to have the Olympics," he wouldn't say whether he supports the bid.

Ferrer spokeswoman Jen Bluestein said he is "in favor" of the Games coming to New York but has "real concerns" about the way the mayor and NYC2012 "constructed the bid."

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg announced city and state taxpayers will spend roughly $100 million to convert a new Mets ballpark into an Olympic stadium.

If Ferrer is elected mayor, he won't support using public funds for the job, Bluestein said.

Bloomberg campaign spokesman Stu Loeser said, "Only Flip-Flop-Freddy could simultaneously be for the Olympics' benefits and against investing less than a penny on the dollar to get those benefits."

NYC2012 spokesman Jay Carson said the group "has an incredibly detailed and publicly available budget which shows that the games [will] generate $12 billion in economic impact."

New York is competing against London, Paris, and Madrid and Moscow for the Games. The host city will be announced July 6.