Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err in discharging a sworn juror over the defendant's objection. The record demonstrates that the court properly engaged in a thorough and searching inquiry of the juror ( see People v Dukes, 8 NY3d 952) and correctly discharged her as being "grossly unqualified" (CPL 270.35) based upon the juror's statement that financial concerns would prevent her from giving her undivided attention to the case ( see People v Thomas, 13 AD3d 259; People v Cook, 275 AD2d 1020; People v Huntley, 237 AD2d 533; People v Bolden, 197 AD2d 528).