Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
An agency's interpretation of the statutes and regulations that it administers must be "`given great weight and judicial deference, so long as the interpretation is neither irrational, unreasonable nor inconsistent with the governing statute'" (Matter of Toys "R" Us v Silva,
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