{"id":524690,"date":"2022-12-10T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-called-to-stop-funding-group-whose-rep-spewed-anti-asian-hate\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T18:58:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T15:58:02","slug":"nyc-called-to-stop-funding-group-whose-rep-spewed-anti-asian-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-called-to-stop-funding-group-whose-rep-spewed-anti-asian-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC called to stop funding group whose rep spewed anti-Asian hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32cfe05549b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32cfe05549b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-called-to-stop-funding-group-whose-rep-spewed-anti-asian-hate\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_called_to_stop_funding_group_whose_rep_spewed_anti-Asian_hate%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC called to stop funding group whose rep spewed anti-Asian hate&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_called_to_stop_funding_group_whose_rep_spewed_anti-Asian_hate%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC called to stop funding group whose rep spewed anti-Asian hate&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A Queens pol is demanding the City Council stop funding a progressive advocacy group that\u2019s pocketed millions of dollars in taxpayer funds after a convicted sex offender representing the nonprofit went into a racist tirade against Asians during a public hearing. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vocal-ny.org\/\">\u201cVOCAL-NY <\/a>is a recipient of taxpayer dollars from the City, and as such, I believe that the City Council should hold it to a higher standard,\u201d Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) wrote in a letter Friday to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have received nearly $3 million since 2014. We cannot allow taxpayer dollars to be used to fund groups that engage in such radical and deplorable rhetoric.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Douglas Powell, an ex-con affiliated with Vocal-NY, spouted his racist hate while testifying for more than three minutes at a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1050966&amp;GUID=AD9E962D-0888-466B-BE4C-430DCF0A5ED1&amp;Options=info|&amp;Search=\">hearing Thursday before the Council\u2019s Committee on Civil Rights<\/a> in support of a controversial bill that, if <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved, would bar landlords from conducting criminal background checks on tenants.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/douglas-powell-vocal-ny-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Douglas Powell spouted his racist hate while testifying at a hearing.\" class=\"wp-image-24968158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/douglas-powell-vocal-ny-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/douglas-powell-vocal-ny-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/douglas-powell-vocal-ny-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Douglas Powell spouted his racist hate while testifying at a hearing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York City Council<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Nantasha Williams (D-Queens), the committee\u2019s chair, and other pols and Council staffers running the session failed to stop him or even object to the remarks. <\/p>\n<p>Powell, who is black, insisted the bill is about \u201crace \u2014  it\u2019s about black people\u201d\u2013  and then mocked the testimony provided minutes earlier by two Asian women who spoke out against the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see those Asian people that just were talking?\u201d he said. \u201cI live in Rego Park now. That\u2019s the most racist neighborhood I\u2019ve ever been in, and it\u2019s nothing but Asians\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go into a store, they will follow you around like you\u2019re getting ready to steal something,\u201d added Powell. \u201cThey don\u2019t want black people living in black people neighborhoods. Because it\u2019s not their neighborhood, because they\u2019re from China, they\u2019re from Hong Kong. We from New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holden called on the Council to stop \u201call funding to VOCAL-NY until they cut ties with Mr. Powell and other radical racists.\u201d He also said members of the group \u201cshould be required to complete sensitivity and anti-bias training before receiving future funding from the City Council.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, the Council has awarded more than $2.8 million discretionary funds to VOCAL-NY to assist their drug-treatment programs and other progressive causes that assist low-income New Yorkers, records show. The nonprofit was separately awarded nearly $1.6 million in city contracts. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/yiatin-chu-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cThis is the hate speech that fuels anti-Asian hate crimes,&quot; Yiatin Chu tweeted.\" class=\"wp-image-24968164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/yiatin-chu-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/yiatin-chu-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/yiatin-chu-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThis is the hate speech that fuels anti-Asian hate crimes,\u201d Yiatin Chu tweeted.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">New York City Council<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Powell, 59, is listed as a\u00a0Level 2 sex offender with a Rego Park address after a 2012 conviction for an attempted criminal sex act with a victim under the age of 15 in 2008, according to the state Sex Offender Registry.\u00a0 He received a 30-month prison sentence for the crime, the registry says.<\/p>\n<p>Asian American activists and leaders were furious that Council members did not rebuke the anti-Asian slurs during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left after my testimony and that man was referring to me and  @susanleenyc,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ycinnewyork\/status\/1601031705510363136\">tweeted Asian Wave Alliance president Yiatin Chu<\/a>, one of the speakers Powell was referring to. \u201cThis is the hate speech that fuels anti-Asian hate crimes. And our electeds were silent.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>Reps for Speaker Adams and VOCAL-NY did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely return messages Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>However, Adams, who was not at the hearing when Powell testified, issued a statement Friday calling his remarks \u201cinappropriate and unacceptable in Council Chambers and everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Williams issued a belated statement\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMNantashaW\/status\/1601231073081319425\">on Twitter on Friday<\/a> saying \u201cracism and discrimination hurt us all in different ways and responding to them with similar rhetoric is never the solution\u201d \u2014 without specifically mentioning Powell or his group by name. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Black woman, a member of one of the most hated and disrespected demographics on the planet, I know personally how deeply hurtful language can be to our progress as a people and one\u2019s personal safety,\u201d she said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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