Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant's purported waiver of the right to appeal was invalid. The record reflects that the County Court made its own offer of sentence to the defendant and required the defendant to waive his right to appeal, without setting forth any reason for demanding an appeal waiver (see People v Esposito, 187 A.D.3d 781 [2020]; People v Sutton, 184 A.D.3d 236, 244-245 [2020]). Moreover...
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