IN RE: Sine C. (2017)

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Deborah A. Brenner of counsel), for presentment agency.

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Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Stewart H. Weinstein, J.), entered on or about November 15, 2016, and November 17, 2016, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent upon his admissions that he committed acts that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crimes of attempted assault in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, and placed him with the Administration for Children's Services Close to Home program for an aggregate period of 18 months;  and orders (same court and Judge), entered on or about November 21, 2016, which, upon findings that appellant violated the conditions of his probation, revoked his probation and placed him with the abovementioned program for a period of 12 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The placement was a provident exercise of the court's discretion, and constituted the least restrictive alternative consistent with appellant's needs and best interests and the community's need for protection (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947 [1984] ).  The disposition was justified by appellant's repeated criminal conduct (including new offenses, on two separate occasions, while already on probation), his poor attendance in school, his substance abuse problems, and the recommendations contained in the probation and Mental Health Services reports.

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CLERK