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He’s Staten Island’s real-life Urban Cowboy.

Abdul Elenani, 26, has been stunning even seen-it-all New Yorkers ever since he got a horse and started riding it around his residential neighborhood — where he feeds it hay before heading out to fuel up himself, according to videos obtained by The Post.

Elenani, 26, on Thursday shared a wild clip of him riding Morgie to his local Dunkin’ Donuts to try to get coffee, with the bemused staff instead ignoring him as he trotted around the Bay Street branch.

“I’m on a vehicle that’s legal by the way,” he told the confused staff after they refused to give him his order because he was on a horse.

He demanded to speak to a manager and threatened to sue, but later rode away without getting served. He later told The Post he actually had no plans to go after the eatery in court.

Other footage shows a postal worker looking equally shocked — and not a little wary — as she tries to deliver mail at his house on Pommer Avenue.

Elenani says he only bought the house in July because it was big enough to house his beloved 12-year-old mare, which had been in stables in New Jersey before the move.

He spent at least $5,000 building a makeshift stable underneath a front deck, with Morgie often hanging out in the yard.

But the bizarre housing quickly upset his neighbors — with the Department of Health investigating at least three formal complaints, with locals saying they’ve made dozens of calls to 311.

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Neighbor Steve Coyne, 56, a contractor, is not an equine fan — and he’s afraid Morgie will hurt his property value.

“What can I do, move? Who is going to buy a house next to a stable?!” he told The Post.

“It’s the smell, number one! Flies, mosquitoes, a stench. I can’t open my windows! And the horse is loud! It’s crazy!”

Despite the complaints, NYC health code makes it clear that horses are legal to keep in the five boroughs, and permits are not needed for anyone who owns private property and uses the animal for recreational purposes.

Elenani says he only moved in Morgie after getting the go-ahead from 311 — with his lawyer wife, Ayat Masoud, 29, also making sure they were safe.

“Detectives from the DA’s office came here a couple of weeks ago and told us the horse was illegal,” Masoud told The Post.

“I told them I used to be an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn and I assure you, we did our research and it’s legal.”

News of the city law didn’t make Coyne feel any better. “Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right,” he said.

Despite the backlash, Elenani insists most of his neighbors love his horse being there — and he also recently got the thumbs-up from a cop he trotted past on his way to Silver Lake Park.

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“He was like, ‘Yo! Nice ride! Woop woop!'” Elenani recalled.

Backing up his claims, neighbor Tommy Cardona — who has lived there 20 years — said seeing the horse “puts a smile on my face every time I see him on it.”

“I think it’s amazing. I love it,” the 30-year-old said.

Pat Tesi, 62, admitted it was “a little strange,” saying, “I did a double-take the first time I saw him ride by.”

But he was thrilled when he got to take his grandchildren aged 7, 4 and 2, to visit, saying, “They were all excited to see the horse — and it was free!”

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