Democratic mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani heaped praise on Trump ally Rudy Giuliani during a Sunday TV appearance, giving the ex-mayor credit for making the Staten Island Ferry free again.

Mamdani — the frontrunner to become next mayor of the city — had nice things to say about the Big Apple’s former leaders during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

“Giuliani, for all my disagreements with him, also was a person who brought free public transit on the Staten Island Ferry,” Mamdani told co-hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany. “That’s also a history that our push for free bus transit is a part of.” 3

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Mamdani only told half the story.

The SI Ferry service was free, but then- Mayor David Dinkins imposed a 50 cent fare in 1990 to pare spending

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