The Governor's resignation answers the directive of the impeachment investigation, which was to determine whether Cuomo should remain in office, New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.
Last week, independent investigators appointed by New York Attorney General Letitia James released their report into the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo.
As of Wednesday, New York State had 0.34 per cent positivity rate
Last month he said that school districts would be allowed to reopen in September if the positive test rate for their region stayed below 5 per cent -- a threshold every state region has met as of Friday.
Malls and museums, which are allowed to reopen in other regions of the state in phase four, will however, remain shut in New York City due to officials' concerns about the heightened risk of infection spread.
The city's beaches will remain closed for this long Memorial Day weekend, which traditionally marks the beginning of the US summer season.
Seventy-one per cent of the cases have resulted in ICU admission, 19 per cent in intubation and 43 per cent remain hospitalized, according to Cuomo.
New York's first tentative steps toward reopening follow other states that have already relaxed restrictions.
New York is the epicenter of the US coronavirus epidemic, and more than a third of the 41,000 deaths nationwide have come from the state.
"If we are plateauing then we are plateauing at a very high level and there's tremendous stress on the health care system," Cuomo added.
