Opinion
January 26, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, New York County (Judith Sheindlin, J.).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the presentment agency (People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620, 621), the hearing evidence was legally sufficient to establish that respondent acted in concert with his companions in forcibly stealing the complainants' property by uttering threats, taking part in surrounding them and grabbing items that belonged to them (see, Penal Law § 160.10; People v. Patton, 184 A.D.2d 483; People v. Corbett, 162 A.D.2d 415, lv denied 77 N.Y.2d 837). Concerning the dispositional order, the evidence at the hearing of respondent's history of severe problem behavior both in and out of school, particularly his multiple violent offenses, provided ample support for a finding that confinement in a secure facility was the disposition most consistent with respondent's needs and best interests as well as the community's need for protection (Family Ct Act § 352.2 [a]; see, Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947).
Concur — Wallach, J.P., Rubin, Asch, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.