It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed, and the matter is remitted to Supreme Court, Erie County, for proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of two counts of grand larceny in the third degree (Penal Law § 155.35). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that the plea was not knowingly, voluntarily or intelligently entered ( see People v Smith, 48 AD3d 1171, lv denied 10 NY3d 964), and this case does not fall within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement ( see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666). Defendant also failed to preserve for our review his contention that Supreme Court did not afford him an opportunity to make a statement on his own behalf before the court sentenced him, as required by CPL 380.50 (1) ( see People v Green, 54 NY2d 878, 880; People v Ferguson [appeal No. 1], 299 AD2d 806, lv denied 99 NY2d 614), and we decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see CPL 470.15 [a]). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.