DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The 1997 amendments to 9 NYCRR 8005.20(c), as applied to the petitioner, did not impose constitutionally impermissible ex post facto penalties since they are not laws within the meaning of the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution (see,U.S. Const, Art. I, §§ 9, 10; People ex rel. Johnson v. Russi, 258 A.D.2d 346 ).
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.