After properly permitting defendant to impeach his own witness through her prior testimony given in a related Family Court proceeding (see, CPL 60.35), the court properly exercised its discretion in refusing to permit defendant to place in evidence the transcript of the prior testimony, in light of the fact that defense counsel thoroughly examined the witness on the inconsistency between her prior and trial testimony (see, People v Piazza,
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