Opinion
February 23, 1999
Appeal from the Family Court, New York County (Richard Ross, J.).
The court's finding was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence supporting the elements of the crimes.
Based on the seriousness of the offenses, appellant's history of juvenile delinquency, truancy and behavioral problems, his continued fighting at Lincoln Hall, and his need for sex offender therapy and more intensive supervision in a structured setting to control and remedy his aggressive tendencies, the disposition was a proper exercise of discretion, in which the court adopted the least restrictive alternative consistent with appellant's needs ( see, Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947).
Concur — Rubin, J. P., Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.