“I stand by my record of service and by the fact that I have done nothing unethical,” she said. “Although I have no choice but to recognize the mayor’s decision, I am saddened that I will not be able to continue the good work that I and the thousands of other wonderful employees of the city have begun to make Richmond the city we all deserve.”

Cuffee-Glenn told investigators that she informed the mayor her daughter had been hired after her daughter started in March, but Stoney’s announcement of Cuffee-Glenn’s firing said he found out in May, the same month The Times-Dispatch first reported it.

“In May, after I learned that a relative of the Chief Administrative Officer had gained employment with the city, I met with then-Inspector General Lou Lassiter and pledged that my administration would fully cooperate with a review of the circumstances surrounding the process that accompanied the hiring and compensation,” Stoney said in a statement Wednesday evening, adding he had met with Osuna earlier this week and was “concerned and deeply disappointed” by the report.

Late Wednesday night, Stoney spokesman Jim Nolan said Cuffee-Glenn informed the mayor of the hire in March.