Diane von Furstenberg, IMG Chairman Ted Forstmann, Lincoln Center Chair KatherineFarley and Council Speaker Christine Quinn will also attend the announcement.
Deputy mayors Patricia Harris and Robert Steel, Council of Fashion Designers of America President Diane von Furstenberg, IMG head Ted Forstmann and Lincoln Center chair KatherineFarley also joined Bloomberg as he spent the next 20 minutes extolling the virtues of New York as a fashion base.