“soaring when compared to pre-pandemic levels”
False attribution of causation.
It’s since the BLM and Defund The Police movements.
“Crime on the subways has become significantly more violent since the pandemic”
Bingo. It is dishonest to blame the pandemic for crime. The crime wave began with the George Floyd riots and subsequent attacks on police. BLM demanded that mass incarceration end and a massive increase in crime is the result.