Three city jail inmates who sources say would be eligible for release under a bail-reform law signed by Gov. Cuomo:
NAME: JOSE “CATANO” JORGE (RIGHT)
AGE: 47
BACKGROUND: When a 28-year-old man died of an overdose at an Upper East Side diner on Jan. 22, 2018, the NYPD and Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office began an undercover investigation. It identified Jorge as the source of heroin and fentanyl found at the scene. During the investigation, the Bronx man peddled heroin, fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine to an undercover agent on 10 occasions, authorities allege. He was among 13 alleged dealers indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in March and faces charges including first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and second-degree conspiracy. He is being held without bail on Rikers Island pending a Nov. 14 court appearance.
JACOB MORALES
AGE: 24
BACKGROUND: Morales had two assault convictions and a number of open criminal cases against him when he was accused of pulling a razor on a straphanger on a 4 train at the Fulton Street station in Manhattan in September. He was charged with felony criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and menacing in the second degree. Prosecutors described him as a “gang-affiliated and extremely violent” individual “who continues to commit crimes when he is released on bail.” He was previously convicted of assault in New York and assault with a deadly weapon in North Carolina and faces prosecution in one assault and two DWI cases. Prosecutors asked for $100,000 bail in the subway assault; the judge agreed to $25,000. He is behind bars and due back in court Nov. 16.
ANTHONY MATARAZZO
AGE: 60
BACKGROUND: Matarazzo, a convicted robber who was sentenced to nine years behind bars in New Jersey in 2009, is accused of holding up two Manhattan banks on the same day in June while claiming to have a gun. Noting his ties to various states and that, as a repeat felon, he “would be facing significant state prison time,” prosecutors argued for $75,000 bail. The judge set it at $20,000 cash or $40,000 bond, enough to keep Matarazzo behind bars. Court papers allege that while reviewing footage of the robberies, he told cops on video, “That was me. I was planning on going from bank to bank so I could take as much as possible.”