Randy New Yorkers get none.
The city’s free condom availability program is running low on prophylactics — and New Yorkers may not get a rubber resupply fix until the fall, health officials said.
The dry period also extends to lubricants.
A disruption in federal funding is to blame for the shortage of lubricant and condoms, said Health Department spokesman Patrick Gallahue.
“The Department of Health is currently working through the procurement process and expects safer sex products to be available to order as soon as mid-October,” he said in a statement.
The free condom dryer was first reported by Hell Gate.
Multiple nonprofits told the outlet that the city program’s inventory of condoms and lubricants has been low or non-existent since at least early 2024.
The program began giving away free condoms in 1971 and expanded over the years to high schools, online ordering, the “NYC Condoms” brand and other products, according to the health department.
More than 30 million safer sex products have been distributed at roughly 3,500 locations across the city under the program, officials said.
Would-be lovers in the Big Apple feeling blue for free condoms aren’t alone — city officials said the shortage has hit health departments across the country.
Federal funding that typically supports core HIV prevention activities, including procurement and distribution of safer sex products, has failed to rise to the occasion in recent months, officials said.
The city last received a shipment in May, from which officials distributed 878,000 products, including more than 400,000 condoms of various types, officials said.
Gallahue said the health department still has a limited supply of condoms for personal deliveries and direct community partners to order. A small amount of lubricant packages are also available for personal delivery, he said.
“We only have a limited supply at the moment and are working to restock as soon as possible,” he said.