Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Matthew W. Christiana of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Meghan McLoughlin of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Curtis J. Farber, J.), rendered January 31, 2019, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and failure to verify address information, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of two to four and one to three years, respectively, held in abeyance in accordance with this decision.

Defendant's challenges to Correction Law § 168-f (3) as unconstitutionally vague and unconstitutional as applied to his situation are unpreserved for our review (see People v Baumann & Sons Buses, Inc., 6 NY3d 404, 408 [2006]). However, we exercise our power to review those challenges as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [6] [a]).

Defendant is directed to present to this Court proof of service on the Attorney General of the State of New York of the pendency of this appeal and the fact that the constitutionality of Correction Law § 168-f (3) has been brought into question (see Executive Law § 71 [1]; People v Montane, 46 AD2d 617 [1st Dept 1974]). The Attorney General is granted permission to appear in this appeal. Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kern, Kennedy, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.