Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Sarah B. Cohen of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Jean M. Joyce, and Ann Bordley of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Laura R. Johnson, J.), rendered May 24, 2023, adjudicating him a youthful offender, upon his plea of guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that his adjudication pursuant to Penal Law § 265.03 is unconstitutional under New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v Bruen (597 US 1 [2022]). Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant's contention survives his purported waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Johnson, — NY3d —, 2025 NY Slip Op 06528 [2025]). However, the defendant's contention is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Cabrera, 41 NY3d 35, 42-51 [2023]). In any event, the contention is without merit (see People v Johnson, — NY3d —, 2025 NY Slip Op 06528 [2025]; People v Knight, 241 AD3d 840, 842 [2025]).

Since the defendant's Bruen contention survives a waiver of the right to appeal, we need not reach the parties' contentions regarding whether the defendant's purported waiver of the right to appeal was valid. Genovesi, J.P., Wan, Taylor and Golia, JJ., concur.