Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to his contention on appeal, the defendant did not make a timely unequivocal request to proceed pro se ( see People v. LaValle, 3 NY3d 88, 106; People v. McIntyre, 36 NY2d 10, 17; People v. Venticinque, 301 AD2d 619; People v. Carter, 299 AD2d 418; People v. Hirschfeld, 282 AD2d 337, 338-339, cert denied 534 US 1082; People v. Jimenez, 253 AD2d 693; People v. Rainey, 240 AD2d 682, 683; People v. Bell, 234 AD2d 378; People v. Walker, 168 AD2d 525).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review ( see CPL 470.05), or without merit.