Coyne
CATSKILL — The circumstances surrounding Jeff Coyne’s termination from his job are eerily similar to Deb Sherman’s.
Coyne, also an emergency services dispatcher for Greene County, was just three months shy of what the county considered his probationary period when he received a letter from management asking him to meet.
“I thought I was doing a great job and I was looking forward to full-time work,” he said.
Instead, he was fired.
“I was in total shock and worried about paying my bills,” Coyne said.
He found another job and was working at that position when CSEA Senior Associate Counsel Jennifer C. Zegarelli contacted him.
“She explained that there was a lawsuit that CSEA was taking on and asked if I wanted to be part of it,” he said. “[I told her] Absolutely.” “She asked for all my documents that I saved,” he said. “Whatever I had, I gave her.”
Coyne returned to his Greene County job in August. He will get retirement credit, as well as the accruals due to him had he not been terminated.
Asked to describe his thoughts on the whole experience, Coyne responded with one word: ”Karma.”
—Therese Assalian
