Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court incorrectly found that he constructively possessed the narcotics in question. At bar, the defendant was discovered by the police in a room directly adjacent to the room where a quantity of cocaine was found in a brown bag located on the bottom shelf of a table. Inasmuch as the trier of fact could reasonably conclude, under these circumstances, that the brown bag was found in plain view in a room from which the defendant was seen fleeing and where there was evidence of preparation of drugs for sale, the statutory presumption of knowing possession was properly applied (see, Penal Law § 220.25; People v. Chandler, 121 A.D.2d 644, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 913; People v. Hylton, 125 A.D.2d 409, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 881; People v. Livingston, 134 Misc.2d 711, 715-716; cf., People v. Diaz, 108 Misc.2d 213). Upon the exercise of our factual review power we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15). Kunzeman, J.P., Eiber, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.