The record supports the court's denial (15 Misc.3d 1102[A], 2007 NY Slip Op 50457[U] [2007]), of defendant's application to introduce the grand jury testimony of an unavailable declarant as a declaration against penal interest. The reliability prong for introduction of such a declaration (see People v Settles,
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