'After 75 days, this is what sleep looks like': Gov. Cuomo shares adorable photo of his daughter Michaela, 22, napping on his shoulder on a flight back from a press briefing

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shared a sweet picture of himself and his youngest daughter Michaela Kennedy Cuomo napping as they flew back from a press briefing.

'After 75 days, this is what sleep looks like,' the governor joked as he posted the picture Friday morning of the pair traveling back to the office in Albany the night before.

Taking advantage of a brief bit of downtime, the governor, 62, is seen in the adorable picture fast asleep with his head on his daughter's while she rests on his shoulder. 

Michaela, 22, was sat six feet away from her father at his Thursday press briefing in Syracuse when he revealed she had been clamoring to attend a college graduation party during lockdown.  

The Brown University student is graduating this year. 

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, 62, shared this sweet picture of his daughter Michaela, 22, asleep on his shoulder Thursday evening as they flew home from a briefing

 The governor joked that it was 'what sleep looks like' after 75 days of the shutdown

'She said, 'You know a lot of people are having parties, and they're having graduation-lite events. Should I go?'

'You can't tell them anything at 22,' said the governor.

'I couldn't tell them anything at 21, 20, 19. But I said, 'Here's the facts. This is what we know, and is it worth the risk to do it?'''

Gov. Cuomo did not say whether she attended the party or not but added 'Michaela's made all the right decisions'.

He used the story to encourage the continuation of social distancing as New York begins to lift its shutdown restrictions in certain regions of the state from Friday.

'You know who's going to protect you? You are. You know who's going to protect Michaela, 22-years-old? Michaela being informed,' said Cuomo. 

'Every parent, every child, it's your job to understand and protect yourself, and I just urge caution.'

'I have not seen my mother sine this started, except on video devices,' Cuomo said.The governor added that he had not seen his own mother Matilda since the start of the pandemic.

'I could have. That's up to me, you know. This is your relationship, it's your interaction, it's your family, it's your friend.

'There's no law or regulation that tells you how to interact with your personal relationships. That's up to you. I hope you do it smartly, but that's up to you.'

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Michaela Cuomo, 22, sat beside her father as he delivered his press briefing in Syracuse on Thursday. He revealed that she has questioned him about attending graduation parties

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'Michaela's made all the right decisions' Gov. Cuomo said of his daughter, pictured left

This was not the first time that Cuomo had used his family members, or Michaela, as an example in trying to encourage social distancing.

The 22-year-old accompanied the governor during a press conference in March where he tried to warn Spring Break revelers that they should stay at home. 

He told reporters on March 19 that he was proud of her for deciding to skip her Spring Break vacation with her friends.

'Luckily she made the right decision and I'm proud of her for that,' he said. 

'No prompting from me besides the question: risk, reward.'

A week before that, Cuomo had revealed one of his daughters had been placed in precautionary quarantine after being in contact with somebody who was exposed to coronavirus.

'That's everything to me. That's why I get up in the morning. How can I protect my daughter?' he said.

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Gov. Cuomo previously shared this picture to Twitter of himself and his three daughters Michaela, Cara and Mariah enjoying Sunday dinner during coronavirus quarantine

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Speaking Thursday, Gov. Cuomo revealed he has not seen his mother Matilda (pictured with him here center left) since the start of the pandemic. Also pictured are his three daughters

Governor Cuomo has three daughters with his ex-wife Kerry Kennedy – Michaela and 25-year-old twins Cara and Mariah. 

His daughters have been in quarantine with him since the outbreak began, he previously told Jimmy Fallon. 

'I have my three girls with me Cara, Mariah and Michaela. They were forced to come home,' he said. 

'You know, they're in their early 20s, so hanging out with dad is not super cool right now. But that was the silver lining to the quarantine, they had to come home.

'So they're with me, and that's great. Otherwise, they're in their early 20s, the last thing they want to do is hang out with dad, and they're out there living their lives,' he quipped. 

'In a crazy way, this gave me time with them that I would have never had so that's been great.' 

There are now 345,813 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York state and there had been 22,304 deaths.   

Cuomo announced that he was extending the New York coronavirus stay-at-home order until June 13 but regions that meet reopening requirements can start to reopen before then.

The extension of the PAUSE plan simply allows Cuomo to keep regions that do not meet requirements closed until June 13.

It does not mean that they won't open before then.

Gov. Cuomo shared this map to show the how many of the seven different criteria regions in New York are meeting in order to reopen as some areas begin limited reopening from Friday

It simply extends his original NY Pause order that expires on Friday May 15.

Five out of ten regions have met the requirements to reopen and they will start with construction, manufacturing and curbside retail on Friday. 

They are the North Country, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier and Central New York are all ready to reopen.

New York City has not yet enough of the requirements. It still needs to grow its hospital bed and ICU bed capacity and reduce the number of people being hospitalized with the virus every day.

The first phase is to allow people who work in manufacturing, construction, wholesale trade and retail back to work but only if they practice social distancing. 

The governor also announced Friday that state beaches in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware will reopen the Friday before Memorial Day but with limitations in place. 

Local agencies can decide not to open them, but if they choose to they must meet Cuomo's guidelines. 

The reopening of beaches was coordinated with neighboring states to avoid people traveling to the first beaches that were opened and gathering dangerously, he explained. 

'Our relationship and responsibility to our other states, neighboring states is important … It's not in New York's interests to have New Yorkers go to a New Jersey beach which is going to be crowded,' or in other neighboring states, Cuomo said. 

Rules implemented will include a 50 percent capacity and that social distancing will be enforced.

While the beaches will reopen, concession stands will not be open to avoid people lining up for food and drinks, Cuomo said. 

Cuomo on Friday warned that while restrictions may start to soften, people should not become complacent and think there is no longer a risk.

'The amount of personal responsibility here to keep one's self safe, I cannot stress highly enough. Do not play with this virus. 

'I can be asymptomatic and not know that I have it but I can put my hand down on this table, you can come touch this table three hours from now and pick up the virus. 

'I can walk into a store, put my hand on a stainless steel counter, you can come in the store the next day, put your hand on that counter and pick up the virus. 

'I don't care how diligent the store owner is or how many masks you were. 

'Everyone is vulnerable to this virus. Government can't keep you safe.

'Only you can keep yourself safe. That's the story of life and where we are today,' he said. 

It is unclear how local agencies will respond to the beach order.