Defendant's challenges to the court's jury instructions are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review them, we would find that the charge as a whole was balanced and sufficiently conveyed to the jury the appropriate standards by which to evaluate the credibility of the police informant ( see People v. Inniss, 83 NY2d 653, 659; People v. McCaskell, 217 AD2d 527, 528, lv denied 87 NY2d 848).