In re Simon B.

—Order unanimously af*1016firmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court’s findings that respondent’s son is an abused child and that respondent’s daughter is a neglected child are supported by a preponderance of the evidence (see, Family Ct Act § 1012 [e], [f]; § 1046 [b] [i]). The unrebutted evidence establishes that respondent abused his son by striking him repeatedly with a “heavy” wooden paddle, leaving dark bruises and large welts on his son’s legs, buttocks, back, ribs, and head and causing his son to become dizzy and nauseated. Such conduct constitutes abuse (see, Family Ct Act § 1012 [e]…