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City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called for a temporary closure of all public schools amid the coronavirus outbreak — directly contradicting Mayor de Blasio’s insistence that they should remain open.

“I think it is appropriate at this time that we instead of doing this in a piecemeal way that we close schools temporarily,” Johnson said on NY1 Friday morning.

“We need to start making the plans on what that would look like because today’s Friday,” said Johnson, a top tier candidate for the 2021 mayoral election.

“I think a decision would likely need to be made – if it’s gonna happen for next week – in the next couple of days, in the next 24 to 48 hours, so that parents can start planning along these lines,” he continued.

Meanwhile, Dept. of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza reiterated de Blasio’s position against shuttering schools on Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” at the same time Johnson was making his announcement on NY1.

“It’s a last resort for us,” Carranza said. “That doesn’t mean though if circumstances warrant we won’t go there,” he said.

Earlier Friday during a separate Fox 5 appearance de Blasio said schools need to stay open to feed poor kids and look after the children of first responders and health care providers.

On NY1, Johnson said that problem could be solved by using a summer school-type setup where some schools in every borough stay open for kids who don’t have anywhere else to go.

Johnson has consistently advocated for stronger measures than the mayor to contain the spread of the potentially deadly virus. He called for a limit on large gatherings Wednesday– a day before the governor and mayor announced a ban on events of over 500 people.

Two Bronx public schools closed Thursday after a parent falsely reported a child had tested positive for coronavirus. On Friday, two schools on Staten Island closed after a student who attends both locations contracted the coronavirus, education officials said.

The hashtag #closenycschools was trending on Twitter Friday morning.

Councilmen Mark Treyger and Justin Brannan, both Brooklyn democrats, have also called for school closures.