Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant's Alford plea (see, North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25) was entered knowingly, voluntarily and with an understanding of its consequences (supra; see also, People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662; People v. Nixon, 21 N.Y.2d 338, 353; People v. Serrano, 15 N.Y.2d 304). Moreover, where, as here, defendant entered a bargained plea to a lesser crime it was unnecessary for him to recite a factual basis for the particular crime confessed (see, People v Hall, 71 N.Y.2d 1002, 1006; People v. Clairborne, 29 N.Y.2d 950, 951). We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be lacking in merit.