Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that the Supreme Court erred in failing to require the prosecution to provide a race-neutral explanation for a peremptory challenge to a black potential juror exercised during the first round of voir dire ( see People v James, 99 NY2d 264; People v Figueroa, 276 AD2d 561; People v Caston, 239 AD2d 355; People v Font, 223 AD2d 600).
The sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).