Opinion
April 15, 1999
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.).
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The police officer, conducting a "vertical patrol" of a Housing Authority building, had an objective credible reason for requesting information from defendant since the officer, who had patrolled the neighborhood for six years and knew many residents of the building, had never seen defendant in the building before ( see, People v. Hollman, 79 N.Y.2d 181, 191; People v. Locano, 209 A.D.2d 278), and had a legitimate concern that defendant might be a trespasser.
Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Lerner and Mazzarelli, JJ.