Pauline Rhodd-Cummings (August 24, 1945 – January 27, 2002) was an American politician from New York.
Early life Rhodd-Cummings was born Pauline Grace Monica Rhodd on August 24, 1945, in Jamaica, the daughter of Roy Rhodd (1917–2003)."CUMMINGS, PAULINE G." at Social Security Info She emigrated to the United States in 1968, and settled in Queens.CONCERN FOR HER NABE PROPELLED CARIB POL by Claire Serant, in the New York Daily News on July 22, 1998 She married Michael Cummings, and they had one daughter.
Career She became active in community work, and entered politics as a Democrat. On March 24, 1998, she won a special election to fill the vacancy in the New York State Assembly caused by the election of Gregory Meeks to the U.S. CongressChoices for the State Legislature; ...In a special election last March, voters...elected Pauline Rhodd-Cummings in the New York Times on September 4, 1998 She was re-elected twice and remained in the Assembly until her death in 2002, sitting in the 192nd, 193rd and 194th New York State Legislatures.
On June 3, 2003, a street in Queens was named "Pauline Rhodd-Cummings Drive" in her honor.MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION NAMING 80 STREETS, The Mayor's Office, on June 3, 2003
Death She died on January 27, 2002, at her home in Far Rockaway, Queens, of cancer; and was buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens, Queens.Rhodd-Cummings dead at 56 by Betsy Scheinbart, in the TimesLedger, of Queens, on January 31, 2002
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