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IN RE JOSEPH

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.
Mar 14, 2008
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It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Family Court did not abuse its broad discretion in this juvenile delinquency proceeding by placing respondent in a limited secure facility, "the least restrictive available alternative . . . which is consistent with the needs and best interests of the respondent and the need for protection of the community" (Family Ct Act ยง 352.2 [a]; see Matter of Brendon H., 43 AD3d 1283). The record of the dispositional hearing establishes that respondent is in need of drug treatment, psychological counseling, special educational services and a structured environment, and the court properly determined that those needs can be addressed most effectively in a limited secure facility ( see Matter of Vidal W., 267 AD2d 1104; Matter of Willie J.H., 258 AD2d 938).