Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A defendant seeking a downward departure from the presumptive risk level has the burden of identifying, as a matter of law, an appropriate mitigating factor, and establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, facts in support of the identified mitigating factor (see People v Gillotti,
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