Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael A. Corriero, J.), rendered April 24, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to concurrent terms of 3x/2 years, unanimously affirmed.
To the extent that a summation remark by the prosecutor could be viewed as improperly implying that the jury should draw an inference of guilt from the fact that defendant had been indicted by a grand jury, we conclude that the court’s instructions on the meaning of an indictment were sufficient to prevent any prejudice (see People v James, 197 AD2d 429 [1993], lv denied 83 NY2d 806 [1994]). Defendant’s remaining challenges to the prosecutor’s summation are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find no basis for reversal (see People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133 [1997], lv denied 91 NY2d 976 [1998]; People v D'Alessandro, 184 AD2d 114, 118-119 [1992], lv denied 81 NY2d 884 [1993]). Concur—Gonzalez, EJ., Friedman, Moskowitz, Renwick and Freedman, JJ.