BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Commissioner and Buffalo Common Council candidate Joe Mascia said he had no idea was being recorded nine or ten months ago while in a truck with his friend.

"What's Darius?," he said, in the recording. "Ugh, another N-----." "F------ N-----."

During the course of the conversation Mascia uses the N-Word to describe Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Common Council President Darius Pridgen. He continues to speak negatively about other African-Americans including Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes and BMHA Executive Director Dawn Sanders-Garrett.

"It's something that should've never been said. I'm hurt. I feel I've hurt people that have had confidence in me and people that I've served for nine years and I respect and love," Mascia said.

Mascia, an elected commissioner, said he was disappointed with the Brown administrations decision to re-appoint other commissioners.

He believes his then-confidant Paul Christopher baited him into making derogatory comments.

"You're in a truck. You're driving through the state. You're doing a project, whatever the project is and you're talking and when somebody says something you repeat it more or less because he said it in the past," Mascia said.

He said he called Brown and Pridgen to apologize on Wednesday but the council president says he hasn't heard a thing.

"I live within one mile of him. He could've came to my door and if he's going to apologize to me through the media, he can keep his apology," Pridgen said.

Mascia is running in a Democratic Primary election for Buffalo's Fillmore District Council seat and said he has no intention of removing himself from the race.

"At this point of this interview I would rather resign as the Ellicott District Council Member if this man and his team came to City Hall because all of the council members who are there right now have worked hard to bring inclusion and diversity to this city," Pridgen said.

Pridgen said Mascia has no business remaining a housing commissioner either, a sentiment the mayor echos.

Brown said in a statement, "Clearly if Mr. Mascia can't deny making these statements, he should immediately resign his elected position as a Commisioner of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority."

"I feel I can still serve my constituents. If I hear from the people who I represent and have represented for nine years that they don't want me to represent them, well that's a different story," Mascia said.

Mascia said he believes there's a reason he's been elected to serve a vastly minority municipal housing population five times.

Time Warner Cable News has obtained the recorded video. A censored version can be viewed below.