Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly excluded, as impeachment evidence, the unsworn, audiotaped statement made to the police by the People's hostile witness (see, CPL 60.35 [1]). Nevertheless, the prosecutor's repeated questions containing the substance of the witness's prior statements served a similar purpose. This conduct was clearly improper (see, People v Brazzeal,
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