IN RE: George WHITE (1997)

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hemmett Jr., J.), entered June 7, 1996 in Washington County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent calculating the length of petitioner's sentence.

Petitioner was convicted of the crime of attempted burglary in the first degree and sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 11/212 to 3 years in August 1993.   While participating in the Temporary Release Program, petitioner committed another crime for which he was sentenced as a second felony offender on December 22, 1994, to a prison term of 2 to 4 years.   Because the sentencing court did not indicate whether this sentence was to run consecutively or concurrently with the first one, petitioner contends that it must run concurrently.   We disagree.   Regardless of Supreme Court's silence on the issue, petitioner's 1994 sentence was required to be served consecutively with his preexisting unexpired sentence (see, Penal Law § 70.25[2-a];  see also, Matter of Jackson v. Wolford, 232 A.D.2d 795, 649 N.Y.S.2d 59, 60;  Matter of Rolon v. Senkowski, 160 A.D.2d 1072, 553 N.Y.S.2d 551, appeal dismissed 76 N.Y.2d 772, 559 N.Y.S.2d 985, 559 N.E.2d 679).

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.

MEMORANDUM DECISION.