Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant's claim that the testimony of his accomplice was uncorroborated and therefore did not suffice to sustain his conviction for the instant offenses. The record reveals that ample corroboration was supplied, inter alia, by the defendant's own admissions that he was present at the scene and participated in the acts which constituted the crimes, as well as by his statement to a plain-clothes detective concerning the amount of money which the latter had overpaid during their illegal narcotics transaction. Such independent evidence clearly sufficed to connect the defendant with the commission of the crimes in such a way as to reasonably satisfy the jury that the accomplice was telling the truth (see, People v. Bretti, 68 N.Y.2d 929, rearg denied 69 N.Y.2d 900; People v. Tillotson, 63 N.Y.2d 731; People v. Camacho, 128 A.D.2d 717; People v. Harris, 126 A.D.2d 745, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 1004).
The defendant's remaining contention has not been preserved for appellate review and, in any event, is patently without merit (see, People v. Duncan, 46 N.Y.2d 74, cert denied 442 U.S. 910; People v. Warner, 119 A.D.2d 841, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 760; People v. Floyd, 115 A.D.2d 248, lv denied 67 N.Y.2d 651; People v Monahan, 114 A.D.2d 380; People v. Liccione, 63 A.D.2d 305, affd 50 N.Y.2d 850, rearg denied 51 N.Y.2d 770). Lawrence, J.P., Weinstein, Kooper and Sullivan, JJ., concur.