| Matter of Quamel J. |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 04519 [51 AD3d 793] |
| May 13, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| In the Matter of Quamel J., Appellant. |
—[*1] Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Pamela Seider Dolgow and FayNg of counsel), for respondent.
In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, the appeal isfrom an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Weinstein, J.), dated August 29,2007, which, upon a fact-finding order of the same court dated July 13, 2007, upon theappellant's admission, finding that he had committed an act which, if committed by an adult,would have constituted the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourthdegree, adjudged him to be a juvenile delinquent and placed him with the New York State Officeof Children and Family Services in a limited-secure facility for a period of up to 18 months, witha minimum of six months and without credit for time served.
Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Family Court providently exercised its discretionin denying his request to reopen the dispositional hearing for further testimony (see People vVentura, 35 NY2d 654, 655 [1974]; People v McCloud, 305 AD2d 428, 428-429[2003]).
Moreover, under the facts of this case, including, inter alia, the recommendation in theprobation report, the Family Court properly found that the "least restrictive [dispositional]alternative" was to place the appellant with the New York State Office of Children and FamilyServices in a limited-secure facility (Family Ct Act § 352.2 [2] [a]; see Matter of Daniel J., 4 AD3d475, 475-476 [2004]). Florio, J.P., Miller, Dillon and McCarthy, JJ., concur.