Today is Monday, March 8th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements.

I'm Sammy Sage.

This weekend, the Senate passed the COVID relief bill, a scant 12 months into the pandemic.

But not until after Joe Manchin got his hands on the $400 employment benefit, which he

just insisted should be lowered to $300, and of course he got his way.

And as I'm sure you've heard by now, the bill did not include a provision for a $15 minimum

wage.

So what that means for you is that if in 2019 you made less than $80,000 a year, you

can expect a check or a direct deposit sometime soon, around $1,400.

Cha-ching, bitches.

Don't spend it all on one iPhone 12 Pro Max with 512 gigabytes of data.

Which is $13.99 before taxes just checked.

Another day and other allegation against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

A third Cuomo aid named Annalysse, who worked on his policy and operations team from 2013

to 2015, told the Wall Street Journal that Cuomo asked her if she had a boyfriend, called

her sweetheart, touched her on her lower back at her reception, and even kissed her hand

when she got up from her desk.

List tweeted that the reason she shared her story was in order to bolster the claims made

by the other women.

The top Democrat in the New York State Senate, Andrew Stewart Cousins, called for Cuomo's

resignation, and Cuomo said, no way.

I'm pretty sure that's not how consequences work, Andrew.

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