Opinion
October 3, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.).
The mother's appeal from the order of disposition has already been affirmed by this Court ( 216 A.D.2d 159). The father now also urges that the allegations of the petition were not established by a preponderance of the evidence; he also maintains that the record does not support a derivative finding of neglect as to the younger children. However, there is ample proof that respondent father inflicted excessive corporal punishment on his children by, among other things, repeatedly and severely beating them for petty or non-existent offenses through the use of, among other things, a leather belt and electrical cord, causing physical injury ( see, Matter of Anthony C., 201 A.D.2d 342; Matter of C. Children, 183 A.D.2d 767).
We have considered respondent's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Ellerin, Williams, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.