NEW YORK (AP)  -- A window installer died Monday in a nine-story fall at a building that the Manhattan borough president said had a history of safety violations.

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Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster said it appeared a nylon safety strap at the Upper East Side site failed, and the worker fell from the 23rd floor to a 14th floor balcony.

The worker was identified as Kevin Kelly, 25, of Queens.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said his office counted 36 hazardous violations at the site.

``The Buildings Department has failed to adequately protect these sites,'' he said. ``We have to do better, and we have to create a safety protocol that works for the construction site and the residential community.''

A spokesman for the Buildings Department said the site has been issued 25 violations warranting penalties since construction on the building began in 2007. None of the violations were linked to the kind of safety strap apparently involved in Monday's incident, he said.

As a result of the accident, the department issued a stop work order and was auditing the method the crews used to install safety straps throughout the apartment building.

Colleen Rugg, a spokeswoman for general contractor Hunter Roberts said, ``Our hearts go out to the family affected by this tragedy.''

The accident occurred at East 67th Street near First Avenue, about two blocks from a building where two window washers plunged 47 stories in December. One died; the other miraculously survived.

On March 15, a crane collapse about 16 blocks away killed seven people. Contractors building a 46-story condominium there were trying to lengthen the crane -- a process known as jumping -- when a steel support broke. The crane demolished a four-story town house and damaged several other buildings.

In that case, a city inspector resigned after his arrest on charges of falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing.

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