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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Keith Fair, Appellant.
    [67 NYS3d 469]
   Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), entered on or about December 10, 2013, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record supports the court’s discretionary upward departure, based on clear and convincing evidence establishing the existence of aggravating factors not adequately accounted for by the risk assessment instrument (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861-862 [2014]). The underlying sex crime against a child was particularly heinous and violent, and after that conviction, defendant continued to commit sex crimes against other children. Moreover, he was adjudicated a level three offender on two of his subsequent convictions (People v Fair, 129 AD3d 617 [1st Dept 2015], lv denied 26 NY3d 967 [2015]). Defendant’s completion of a sexual offender treatment program does not warrant a different result, given his criminal history. Defendant’s remaining arguments are unpreserved and unavailing.

Concur—Friedman, J.P., Gische, Mazzarelli, Kern, Singh, JJ.