The court properly granted the People's request for submission of grand larceny in the third degree and welfare fraud in the third degree as lesser included offenses of these crimes' second-degree counterparts. The evidence supported a reasonable view that defendant fraudulently obtained public assistance health benefits in an amount exceeding $3,000, but under $50,000 (see generally People v Rivera,
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