Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of conspiracy in the second degree (Penal Law § 105.15). Supreme Court properly denied defendant's objection to the prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge with respect to a prospective juror who was hearing-impaired. While it is impermissible to exercise a peremptory challenge on the basis of race (see, Batson v Kentucky,
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