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MATTER OF ANTHONY G

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Feb 2, 1998

Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the presentment agency ( cf., People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620; see, Matter of Stephanie F., 194 A.D.2d 789), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the fact-finding order. Resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the trier of fact, which saw and heard the witnesses ( cf., People v. Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94). Its dermination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record ( cf., People v. Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88; see, Matter of Stephanie F., supra). Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we find that the findings of fact were not against the weight of the evidence ( cf., People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490; CPL 470.15).

Rosenblatt, J. P., O'Brien, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.