 Under his leadership, the NYCLU achieved many victories, including in the areas of racial justice, students’ rights, and immigrants’ rights.He is best known for his work challenging the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk abuses, and spearheading the effort to pass through the New York City Council legislation banning racial profiling by the NYPD and creating an NYPD Inspector General’s office.In 2004, the New York City Council honored his work for its outstanding service to the city and state.