Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contentions that the prosecutor's summation remarks and references to the defendant's grandfather, the Staten Island borough president, constituted reversible error are unpreserved for appellate review since the defense made only a general objection, failed to request curative instructions, and did not timely move for a mistrial on these grounds (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Balls,
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