Randy New Yorkers aren’t getting any.
The town’s free Condom Availability Program is operating low on prophylactics — and New Yorkers could not get any motion on a rubber resupply till fall, well being officers stated.
The dry spell additionally extends to lube.
A disruption in federal funding is in charge for the lubricant and intercourse sheath scarcity, stated well being division spokesman Patrick Gallahue.
“The Well being Division is presently working by way of the procurement course of and count on safer intercourse merchandise might be out there to order as quickly as mid-October,” he stated in a press release.
The free condom drought was first reported by Hell Gate.
Many nonprofits informed the outlet that the town program’s inventory of condoms and lube has been low or nonexistent since not less than the beginning of 2024.
This system began giving freely free condoms in 1971 and expanded over time into excessive faculties, on-line ordering, branded “NYC Condoms” and different merchandise, in accordance with the well being division.
Greater than 30 million safer intercourse merchandise have been distributed roughly 3,500 areas throughout the town underneath this system, officers stated.
Would-be lovers within the Huge Apple left feeling blue without cost condoms aren’t alone — metropolis officers stated the scarcity has hit well being departments throughout the nation.
Federal funding that sometimes helps core HIV prevention actions, together with the procurement and distribution of safer intercourse merchandise, didn’t rise to the event in latest months, officers stated.
The town final acquired a cargo in Might, from which officers distributed 878,000 merchandise, together with greater than 400,000 condoms of various varieties, officers stated.
Gallahue stated the well being division nonetheless has a restricted provide of condoms for in-person deliveries and direct neighborhood companions to order. A tiny provide of lubricant packets are additionally out there for in-person supply, he stated.
“We simply have restricted provide for the time being and are working to replenish stock as quickly as doable,” he stated.
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