Can Roosevelt Islanders Levitate Up the Escalator?

You Tube video link of levitating passenger on Escalator

A reader of this subway post asks a great question:

I would add a corrolary question to this: given that the extra escalators have been shut down, why is the up escalator at one of the levels always shut down - at least during the day? Someone is going to have a heart attack one of these days. . . .and they can't say to take the elevator, because they don't post signs about it, so by the time you find out, you've already come up one or two levels.

We all know that the subway escalator situation on Roosevelt Island is simply horrendous. I was told that the lower level Up escalator to the mezzanine was working this afternoon but at 5:30 PM tonight it was not in operation nor was it working at the same time last night. What in the world is going on with the MTA escalator repair program at Roosevelt Island that the up escalators in the deepest subway station in NYC stops working during the evening rush hour when many people are on the way home!
Here is link to MTA Escalator and Elevator status page. Big help!
Do we really have to learn to levitate up the escalators?