The Issue: A member of non-profit VOCAL-NY, who made anti-Asian remarks at a City Council hearing. Let’s just review how incompetent our elected officials are: Councilman Keith Powers is attempting to push through an incredibly dangerous law, barring landlords from doing criminal background checks on prospective tenants (“Hate in City Council,” Dec. 10). I mean, why would anyone want to know if they’re living next door to a convicted murderer/rapist? During a public city hearing on this nonsense, Douglas Powell, a volunteer for VOCAL-NY and a registered sex offender, was allowed to openly spit out anti-Asian bigotry. Not one member...