Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant's purported appeal waiver was invalid. The written appeal waiver mischaracterized the nature of the appeal waiver as an absolute bar to the taking of a direct appeal and the County Court's oral colloquy with the defendant did not cure the ambiguities in the written waiver (see People v Bisono, 36 N.Y.3d 1013 [2020]; People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545, 566 [2019])...
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