The finding of abandonment was based on uncontroverted evidence that, during the six-month period immediately prior to the filing of the petition, respondent failed to visit or communicate with his children or the agency, although able to do so and not prevented or discouraged from doing so by the agency (Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a]; Matter of Anthony M.,
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