Opinion
No. 3243.
September 23, 2010.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, J.), entered April 8, 2009, which adjudicated defendant a level two sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Annie Costanzo of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Charlotte E. Fishman of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Saxe, J.P., Friedman, Moskowitz, Freedman and Román, JJ.
The court properly exercised its discretion in declining to grant a downward departure from defendant's presumptive risk level ( see People v Mingo, 12 NY3d 563, 568 n 2 [2009]; People v Johnson, 11 NY3d 416, 421), given the seriousness of the underlying conduct involving a child.