veto definition. The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature by refusing to sign it into law. The president or governor actually writes the word veto (Latin for âI forbidâ) on the bill and sends it back to the legislature with a statement of his or her objections.
Over the course of the construction of the Empire State Building, five workers died. One worker was hit by a vehicle; a second fell from an elevator shaft; a third was struck â¦and killed by a hoist; a fourth died in a blast area; and a fifth died falling off a scaffold.
Constructed with 60,000 tons of structural steel. There are 1,575 steps from the lobby to the 86th floor. The building was completed about a month and half ahead of schedule and about $5 million under budget. The Empire State Building is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The masonry was completed on November 13, 1930.