Opinion
January 26, 1998
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Ain, J.).
Ordered that the amended judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was charged with four separate specifications with respect to his violation of probation: (1) failure to report as directed, (2) failure to notify of a change in address, (3) failure to abstain from unlawful use of a controlled substance, and (4) failure to work faithfully at suitable employment. At the conclusion of the hearing ( see, CPL 410.70), the court sustained the first two specifications.
On appeal, the defendant argues that the court intervened in the parole violation hearing to an unwarranted extent. We agree with the People that this argument was not properly preserved for appellate review ( see, People v. Charleston, 56 N.Y.2d 886; People v. Barren, 240 A.D.2d 586; People v. Gonzalez, 183 A.D.2d 783), and we decline to review it in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction ( see generally, People v. Yut Wai Tom, 53 N.Y.2d 44; People v. De Jesus, 42 N.Y.2d 519; People v. Cotto, 240 A.D.2d 193).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Thompson and Luciano, JJ., concur.