Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid. The Supreme Court failed to provide the defendant with an adequate explanation of the nature of the right to appeal and the consequences of waiving that right (see People v Himonitis, 174 A.D.3d 738, 738 [2019]; People v Gooding, 174 A.D.3d 642, 643 [2019]; People v Pelige, 172 A.D.3d 1407, 1407-1408 [2019]). Moreover, although the record...
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