Oly push not in Dan's plan

Michael Saul

Don't expect Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, head of New York's failed 2012 Olympic bid, to be carrying the torch for the 2016 Summer Games.

"I've dedicated a long time to this and, at this time, it's very difficult to foresee any more," Doctoroff, who spent the past 11 years pursuing the 2012 Games for New York, told the Daily News yesterday. "2012 was the right time. You had all the right forces coming together. It's going to be very difficult to put it back together again. We had everything in place. This wasn't our time."

Doctoroff said there's no timetable for an official decision on whether the city will pursue the 2016 Games, but he said yesterday that a bid is very unlikely.

Last week, London upset Paris and was awarded the 2012 Games to London. Paris officials also have said a 2016 bid is unlikely.