Roosevelt Island Subway Service Problems Keep Coming - Newly Installed Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station Elevator To Manhattan Bound Platform Out Of Service Until End Of October

As previously reported:

...there will be no Roosevelt Island F Train service at all this coming weekend and starting Monday August 28 Roosevelt Island F train service will be replaced with a Shuttle train service running only back and forth between Queensbridge/21 street, Roosevelt Island and 63r/Lexington Ave every 20 minutes between 5 AM and midnight....

If that's not bad enough, there's currently no Roosevelt Island F Train elevator service from the station entrance to the Manhattan bound platform.

Yesterday I asked the MTA:

The newly installed Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Elevator to the Manhattan platform is out of service until the estimated date of October 31.

 The installation of this new elevator was completed in June 2023.

What is the cause of the elevator breakdown after only 2 months in operation? Are there similar breakdowns of other recently installed subway elevators?

What was the total cost of installing this new Roosevelt island elevator?

As you know, the 63rd Street Tunnel Rehab Project is beginning on August 28 with a Shuttle Train serving Roosevelt Island running on a single track.

Will the Roosevelt Island shuttle train run on the Track that has a working elevator to the platform so that elderly, disabled, parents with strollers and others who need an elevator will be able to access the shuttle train? 

A MTA spokesperson replied today:

There is an issue with two defective parts that have been ordered and will be replaced by the contractor at no additional cost to the MTA. Repairs will be done as quickly as possible once the replacement parts are received.

These customers will need to use the Q102 bus to Queens Plaza which is an accessible station.

The contractor will make the repairs as quickly as possible once the necessary parts have been received.