After recently meeting up with New York’s Governor Cuomo, Russell had positive comments to make about their discussion: “I’m very excited about what the governor said. I’m going to hold him to it. I have a lot of faith in him. If he said he’s going to issue an executive order, we can certainly count on it, but we’ll make sure it happens.”
Cuomo’s spokeswoman also shared her piece of the conversation involving Jay Z, Governor Cuomo, and Russell Simmons: “Gov. Cuomo and Shawn ‘JAY Z’ Carter had a productive conversation about doing a top to bottom review of the criminal justice system and how we can all work together to pass a reform package that ensures equality in the eyes of the law,”