Matter of Valentino R. (Dina R.)

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about February 11, 2014, which, after a fact-finding hearing, inter alia, found that respondent mother neglected the subject children, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A preponderance of the evidence demonstrated that the mother neglected the subject children by failing to protect them from the father’s domestic violence against her (see Family Court Act § 1012 [f] [i] [B]; see also Matter of Niyah E. [Edwin E.], 71 AD3d 532 [1st Dept 2010]). Police testimony showed that the father threatened the family with a knife…