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CHAIRMAN RONALD A. SILVER March 6, feQQJ

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan MARCIA G. LEE Secretary General United Nations EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANTHONY V. CARBONETTI New York, NY 1001 7 CRISTYNE F. LATECANO TAMRA R LHOTA Dear Mr. Secretary General: BRUCE J. TEFTELBAUM Firstly, I would like to wish you a happy and a healthy New Year. I hope you MILLENNIUM COUNCIL JEAN P. ALEXANDER enjoyed your New Year's Eve experience. It was a terrific evening worldwide that we H.E. KOFI ANNAN will never forget. l_arn writing to let you know abou^some of our recent events as BROOKE ASTOR well as eenteNOO has pla GORDON M. BETHUNE Lou CARBONETTI On February 1 5th, Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced the winning design for the JOHN S. CHALSTY DAVID B. CORNSTEIN new tkts Booth in Times Square. The competition known as tkts2k was sponsored WALTER CRONKITE by NYC 2000 and the Theatre Development Fund and administered by the Van Alen JAMES L. DOLAN Institute. The contest was aimed at providing the best new design for this historic ELIZABETH M. FISHER New York City landmark situated in Father Duffy Square. The winning designers, TONI K. GOODALE John Choi and Tai Rophia, both of Sydney, Australia, will receive $5,000 for their THOMAS L. HARRISON First Place submission to the competition. Their wedge-shaped design can BlANCA JACGER HENRY A. KISSINGER accommodate two spaces within one footprint. One space would house the tkts DANIEL A. KLORES operation while the other would be used for public seating, creating the effect of an HENRY R. KRAVIS open-air theatre. The statue of Father Duffy will once again be highlighted with this SIRIO MACCIONI new design. REV. GREGORY A. MCCANTS NICOLE MILLER rd GEORGETTE MOSBACHER On February 23 , NYC 2000 held a press conference to announce NYC^ THOMAS D. MOTTOLA Beyond 2000, an Internet based contest for students. Coordinated with the Board of IMAN IZAK-EL PASHA Education, Microsoft, RCS Computer Systems and Dell Computer, this competition CARROLL PETRIE will give students the opportunity to answer questions about the state of art, GEORGE PLIMPTON PETER J. POWERS communication and technology in New York City. Joining the Mayor was "Sico the MARSHALL ROSE Robot" as well as executives from the participating companies. The competition will HOWARD J. RUBENSTEIN be to use all available technology to create a web page with the student's vision of BEVERLY SILLS New York City's Arts, Music, Communication, or Technology at any time over the SUSAN R. SOLOMON next 1000 years. Teams of three to five students who are registered by a teacher are JERRY I. SPEYER ARTHUR O. SULZBERGER, JR. eligible. This contest is open to every public school in New York City. The web MERRYL H. TISCH address for this competition is http://www.nycboe.org/nycbeyond2000. DONALD J. TRUMP VAN D. WOODS TIM ZAGAT

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One Centre Street, 23rd Floor . New York, N.Y. 10007 . Tel: 212 788-2000 . Fax: 212 788-2001 www.nycmillennium.org NYC 2000 kicked off the new Tax Free for the Millennium exemption March 1st at Macy's in Herald Square at 6:30 a.m. Mayor Giuliani purchased the first items under the new tax exemption that eliminates sales tax on clothing and footwear items under $110. Joan Rivers and Curtis Sliwa of WABC Radio joined the Mayor at Macy's for this early morning event. This new exemption will bring between 10,000 and 15,000 new jobs to New York City. It will also make New York City more competitive with other states and cities that do not have a sales tax such as New Jersey. ^ .

Starting March 27th, the NYC 2000 Discussion Series will begin at the Celeste Bartos Forum of the New York Public Library. Dr. Henry Kissinger and Dan Klores are chairing this event which will focus on "How the Internet Economy will Affect New York and the Nation's Economy in the Next Millennium." To date, Richard Johnson, CEO and founder of HotJobs.com, Kevin O'Connor, President of Doubleclick, Joseph Parks, President of Kozmo.com and Thomas Clark ofTheStreet.com have all committed to participate in the NYC 2000 Discussion Series.

In May, the NYC 2000 Auction will give the public the opportunity to bid on the dresses that were featured in the NYC 2000 Fashion Show in September 1999. These unique couture designs, which were produced exclusively for the NYC 2000 Fashion Show, feature such designers as Donna Karan, Nicole Miller and Giorgio Armani. Jewelry from the Fashion Show will also be auctioned off after a generous donation by the Jewelry Information Center. NYC 2000 is partnering with Yahoo! on this online auction. All proceeds from this auction will go to the Center for Arts Education.

The Cow Parade NY 2000 will run through New York City from June 15th to Labor Day in September. The Cow Parade will feature over 500 colorful cows decorated and painted by New York City artists. At the conclusion, the cows will be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting New York City charities, the City Parks Foundation and City Public Schools. NYC 2000, the Parks Department and NYC & Company are collaborating on this project which brings another truly unique art event to our City.

July 4th is always one of the best weeks of the yea/ana/and OpSail 2000 will sshsure that July 4, 2000 will be no exception. Ships from around the worteL^jl-oVkLv l be dockgdjH-NBw York Harbor from July 2nd - July 9th. Festivities throughout the week will include events for military crews, officers and their families. NYC 2000 is planning an exclusive celebration on the July 4th in lower Manhattan. There will be close to one hundred tall ships and thirty-four naval vessels in New York Harbor for this historic event as well as the Macy's fireworks display that will be the largest in history.

First Night® will return to all five boroughs of Manhattan fcr the second year in a row. First Night was extremely well received by the public and NYC 2000 is excited at the prospect of making it bigger and better for this New Year's Eve. We received many letters from guests of First Night who expressed their gratitude for providing a family oriented, low cost and non- alcoholic event at all the First Night locations for all New Yorkers.

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Sincerely,

Marcia G. Lee Executive Director