ALBANY — The 19-year-old son of Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan was beaten and robbed by two men as he delivered pizzas in a quiet residential neighborhood off New Scotland Avenue late Wednesday night.

A police spokesman declined to identify the mayor's son, Jacob Sheehan, contending the department "does not identify crime victims." But he confirmed the details of the robbery and said no arrests have been made.

Officer Steven Smith said the incident took place about 11 p.m. on Glenwood Street, while the mayor's son was delivering two pizzas to a residence near Fairview Avenue.

"Two black males in their 20s, both wearing dark-colored clothing, jumped out of bushes and began to punch and kick the pizza delivery driver," Smith said. "They stole two pizzas and his money. The driver had some injuries to his face as a result of being punched, and refused medical attention."

The incident took place as the city's police force is down more than 40 officers; Albany Police Officers Union officials said they are being stretched thin, and calls for service are often piling up.

"We're hemorrhaging and it seems like the city's solution is to put a Band-Aid on the hemorrhage," said APOU President Greg McGee. "From Dec. 18 until now, we've had eight people just flat-out quit. ... We've had 13 guys retire since December."

Historically, officers in smaller Capital Region police departments would seek lateral transfers to join the Albany force, but McGee said that due to what he characterized as dire work conditions, Albany officers are now transferring to other area departments.

"There are so many calls pending with only so many bodies to answer those calls," McGee said. "We’re more reactive now than being proactive. It really hinders the ability to be a proactive officer if you’ve got to go call to call to call."

Delivery and taxi drivers are often targeted in robberies in Albany and other communities by suspects who lure them to an area by calling and posing as a customer. It's unclear if that happened in Wednesday's robbery, and Smith could not immediately confirm those details.

Sheehan and police Chief Eric Hawkins could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday afternoon.

McGee said that Hawkins has been receptive to the union's concerns, but that morale among the rank and file is very low.

"If you have a shooting or stabbing these calls will just back up, and you're never going to get ahead if you're not fully staffed," McGee said.

Law enforcement sources said the reduction in officers has caused overtime to soar and that many officers are becoming overworked.

In April, a city police officer who was arrested in connection with the earlier alleged assault of two black men who were pummeled at a First Street residence had worked significant overtime in his shifts prior to the violent encounter. Two other officers were suspended following the incident.

Officer Luke Deer, who joined the department in 2014, was arrested by his department on charges of of using his baton to hit a man identified as Armando Sanchez in the face and head during an attack that police officials said was unjustified.

In video of the incident and its aftermath reviewed by the Times Union — some of it captured by police body cameras — Deer could be heard telling a supervisor he lost control and that he had just worked two double shifts.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Officer Luke Deer's remark about working double shifts had been included in recordings released to the public.