A Schenectady woman says she and a friend were just collecting recyclables from trash bins last week when the city's mayor began drunkenly chasing them in his pickup truck.

In an audio recording of Sarah Dingley's 911 call, she sounds frightened as she explains to the dispatcher that a man claiming to be the mayor threatened to have her arrested. She says she could smell alcohol on him, and that he was following her, flashing his brights, tailgating and even trying to block her with his car. She did not believe he was really the mayor at that time.

Listen to the full call below.

The incident occurred around 1 a.m. on May 19. Mayor Gary McCarthy chased Dingley all the way to the police station, and Dingley stayed on the phone with 911 dispatchers the whole time.

In the call, a male voice can be heard telling Dingley and her friend to get out of the car.

Once at the police station, McCarthy and Dingley met face to face with the police. McCarthy said it was "absolutely incorrect" that he was drunk. He explained to police that the women were near his home, and that he thought they might be burglarizing cars.

Dingley said McCarthy didn't start chasing her until they were at a location described by the Albany Times Union as seven blocks from the mayor's home.

The mayor told WNYT that he was just putting the trash out when he spotted the women picking through the garbage. He said he tried to call the police while he was driving, but that his "phone did not engage."

McCarthy acknowledged identifying himself as the mayor to the two women, but declined to elaborate on what occurred at the station. He added that he thought the two women might have been "doing drugs."

A police document obtained by the Times Union says Dingley described the mayor as "highly intoxicated," and says she plans to press charges against him.

Both Dingley and McCarthy left without any arrests or tickets issued.

"Both of those parties reported to the police station, they were interviewed separately, and no criminal activity took place," a police spokesperson said. "There is no evidence that [McCarthy] was intoxicated."

Dingley did not return media requests for comment. McCarthy said there was "no basis" for a criminal probe, and insisted "it's what she was doing up there on the streets" that really matters.