Opinion
November 20, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence adduced at the Hinton hearing (see, People v Hinton, 31 N.Y.2d 71, cert denied 410 U.S. 911), was sufficient to support the court's decision to close the courtroom. Both undercover officers testified that they feared for their personal safety, and indicated that they regularly worked in the area of the defendant's arrest, and would continue to do so. Accordingly, the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in closing the courtroom during the officers' testimony (see, People v Martinez, 82 N.Y.2d 436; People v Hosien, 204 A.D.2d 658; People v Skinner, 204 A.D.2d 664).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Thompson, J.P., Altman, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.