In People v. Medjdoubi (173 Misc. 2d 259 [Sup Ct, NY County 1997]), the defendant stole property with a value of exactly $1,000. He was accused of grand larceny in the fourth degree which requires that the value of the stolen property "exceeds one thousand dollars." The court held that the defendant could not be found guilty of that charge because the value of the stolen property did not exceed $1,000. "The Legislature's inclusion of the word 'exceeds' in the statutes may not simply be ignored." (Medjdoubi, supra at 264.)