The Democratic majority leader of the Yonkers City Council was caught in an audio recording threatening to “smack the taste out” of a rival lawmaker’s mouth.
Councilwoman Tasha Diaz’s R-rated rant against fellow Democrat Corazon Pineda-Isaac surfaced after a fiery complaint that claimed Diaz said she wanted to “slice” Pineda-Isaac’s throat for trying to oust her from her post.
Diaz also allegedly called her family in as backup “to be ready for a physical altercation” with Pineda-Isaac at a community function, according to the allegations in a complaint Pineda-Isaac filed with City Hall.
Diaz can be heard in an audio recording reviewed by The Post harshly insulting Pineda-Isaac’s wardrobe before saying she’d “smack the taste out” of the councilwoman’s mouth.
Diaz trashes Pineda-Isaac’s clothing in the recording, describing her attire as a “f–king Old Navy grandma dress” before adding, “$10 dress, go take that s–t back.”
In the complaint, Pineda-Isaac said she tried to communicate directly with Diaz about her disparaging comments over email — but her most recent remark that she would “slice this bitch’s throat” was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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“The email I will attach to this communication quotes the Majority Leader as she criticizes my wardrobe, calls me a ‘backwards bitch’ for being cold during the summer months, and most alarming made a violent threat against me by stating she would ‘smack the taste out of my mouth,'” Pineda-Isaac wrote in the complaint.
The complaint notes several other inappropriate remarks allegedly made by Diaz about Pineda-Isaac, including ones made at an event Pineda-Isaac attended with members of her family.
“It was made aware to me by fellow attendees and police officers that as soon as I walked in the Majority leader became enraged by my presence,” Pineda-Isaac wrote.
“At one point the Majority Leader even stated that since I had walked in with my sister and multiple cousins that she, too could call in her cousins as to be ready for a physical altercation.”
Pineda-Isaac continued: “Imagine being at a work event and not realizing there’s potential danger to me and my family just being there.”
In a statement to the local newspaper The Journal News, Diaz apologized for using exaggerated verbiage while also ripping Pineda-Isaac’s complaint as “retaliatory” and said it would only waste “city resources and taxpayer money.”
She stopped short, though, of denying the comments.
“In politics and while fighting for the residents of my district, I often speak hyperbolically as I am very passionate for fighting for the people of my district,” Diaz said.
“Language taken out of context does not give the full picture and is mainly used as metaphors. If language used has ever offended anyone, I apologize.”
Diaz did not immediately return The Post’s request for comment Thursday.