Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Kristina Schwarz of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Michael D. Tarbutton of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered February 20, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of two years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant's challenge to the voluntariness of his plea is unpreserved, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Because "[d]efendant said nothing [at] the plea colloquy or . . . sentencing proceeding that negated an element of the crime," the narrow exception to the preservation rule does not apply (see People v Pastor, 28 NY3d 1089, 1090-1091 [2016]; People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665 [1988]). The court was not required to make a sua sponte inquiry into defendant's assertion of a justification defense in his postarrest statement to the police (see e.g. People v Negron, 222 AD2d 327 [1st Dept 1995], lv denied 88 NY2d 882 [1996]), or in his presentence interview (see e.g. People v Rojas, 159 AD3d 468 [1st Dept 2018]).

In any event, the only relief defendant requests is dismissal of the indictment rather than vacatur of the plea, and he expressly requests this Court to affirm the conviction if it does not grant a dismissal. Since we do not find that dismissal would be appropriate, we affirm on this basis as well (see e.g. People v Teron, 139 AD3d 450 [1st Dept 2016]). Concur—Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Webber, Kahn, Oing, JJ.