It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]). Contrary to the contention of defendant, his waiver of the right to appeal was voluntary, knowing and intelligent (see generallyPeople v Moissett, 76 NY2d 909, 910-911 [1990]; People v Ray, 307 AD2d 754 [2003], lv denied100 NY2d 624 [2003]). The valid waiver by defendant of the right to appeal encompasses his challenge to the severity of the sentence (seePeople v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]) and, in any event, that challenge lacks merit. Although the further contention of defendant that his plea was not voluntarily entered survives his waiver of the right to appeal, defendant failed to preserve that contention for our review by moving to withdraw the plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction (seePeople v McKay, 5 AD3d 1040 [2004], lv denied2 NY3d 803 [2004]). This case does not fall within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement set forth in People v Lopez (71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]). Present—Pigott, Jr., P.J., Hurlbutt, Scudder, Smith and Lawton, JJ.