Julie Cianca, Public Defender, Rochester (Jane I. Yoon of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester (Lisa Gray of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Thomas E. Moran, J.), rendered September 12, 2022. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death without reporting.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon a plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.15 [1]) and leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death without reporting (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 600 [2] [a], [c] [ii]), defendant contends that his waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and that his sentence is unduly harsh and severe. Contrary to defendant's contention, his waiver of the right to appeal was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent (see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 559-564 [2019], cert denied 589 US —, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]; People v Williams, 237 AD3d 1581, 1582 [4th Dept 2025]; People v Kelly, 231 AD3d 1515, 1516 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 43 NY3d 931 [2025]). Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal encompasses his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255-256 [2006]; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]). Present—Lindley, J.P., Montour, Greenwood, Nowak and Keane, JJ.