The court correctly dismissed the family offense petition against respondent on the ground that, even afforded a liberal construction and accepted as true, the petition failed to allege facts that, if proven, would establish that respondent committed the family offense of harassment in the second degree under Penal Law § 240.26(3) (see Matter of Waldron v Heyward,
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