The area was rezoned, making room for towering buildings, and Mr. Bloomberg committed to the city to expanding the subway when the M.T.A. said it would not.

他们对西区进行了重新划分，为修建高耸入云的建筑腾出空间，布隆伯格不顾大都会运输署的意见，对市民们做出了扩建地铁的承诺。