Upper East Side

Upper East Sider Cleaning His 6th-Floor Apartment Windows Dies in Fall

No criminality is suspected

A 61-year-old man was found dead Saturday in the courtyard of his Manhattan apartment building after falling from his sixth-floor unit as he cleaned the windows, authorities said.

Police said he was discovered around 7 a.m. outside the 21-story high-rise on the Upper East Side. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No criminality is suspected.

His official cause of death will be determined by the city medical examiner.

The man's name has not been released.

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