Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The defendant contends that the County Court erred in designating him a level two sex offender based on an upward departure from level one. "An upward departure is permitted only if the court concludes `that there exists an aggravating... factor of a kind, or to a degree, that is otherwise not adequately taken into account by the guidelines'" (People v Jackson,
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