Opinion
August 10, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence that a "Street Narcotic Enforcement Unit" was deployed to the area where the defendant was arrested because there had been community complaints, was properly admitted as useful background information explaining the police presence and conduct (see, People v. Granado, 222 A.D.2d 286; People v. Rodriguez, 219 A.D.2d 522; People v. Garcia, 213 A.D.2d 249). Any prejudice to the defendant was effectively eliminated by the trial court's prompt limiting instructions, presumably understood and followed by the jury (see, People v. Granado, supra).
Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Sullivan and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.