Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The threshold consideration in a proceeding to terminate parental rights based on permanent neglect is whether the agency discharged its statutory obligation to exercise diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parental relationship (see, Matter of Nassau County Dept. of Social Servs. [James M.] v Diana T.,
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