In re Christina Z.

—Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan Larabee, J.), issued December 21, 2000, which, after a hearing pursuant to Family Court Act § 1028, denied an application for the return of the child pending the fact-finding hearing on the issue of neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We find that this application was properly denied upon a finding, based largely on witness credibility, that respondent’s boyfriend presented an imminent risk to the child’s health or safety. While respondent and the child contend that the paramour is no longer in respondent’s life, the record demonstrates a…