(CNN) Democratic Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned Thursday amid an ongoing scandal over a no-bid book deal steered to the University of Maryland Medical Center, according to a statement.

Her attorney, Steve Silverman, read the short statement at a press conference Thursday afternoon.

"Today I am submitting my written resignation to the Baltimore City Council. I am sorry for the harm that I have caused to the image of the city of Baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor," Silverman said, reading from Pugh's written statement.

"Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward," Silverman read.

Bernard C. "Jack" Young, the city council's president who has been serving as the acting mayor since Pugh's leave of absence, will become the 51st mayor of Baltimore.

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