We have an intrinsic connection to the daily lives of New Yorkers. Here are a few of the places we made a difference, provided context or added valuable perspective this week.

The Legal Aid Society is calling on lawmakers in Albany to pass a comprehensive set of bills that will improve the lives of clients and all New Yorkers.

Passage of new bill forces NYPD to disclose how it surveils the public, reports CNBC.

The Challenging Wrongful Conviction Act would ease the process for New Yorkers to bring post-conviction challenges.

The proposed legislation would allow all New Yorkers to serve on juries, regardless of past convictions.

As the Coronavirus outbreak has brought New York City to a standstill, workers transporting people and food have shouldered the burden of delivering essential services to homebound residents - even as they themselves face increased risk of exposure to the deadly virus, reports POLITICO.

Legislation would prevent surprise, warrantless civil arrests of undocumented immigrants in and around courthouses, reports Gothamist.

The HALT Solitary Confinement Act cleared the State Senate on Thursday and passed the State Assembly earlier this week, reports the New York Law Journal.

Public advocates fear the worst as the deadly virus invades one place where social distancing is impossible, reports The New York Times.

The Legal Aid Society is calling for full transparency as to which officers are assigned to the controversial units.