Pauline Rhodd-Cummings

Pauline Rhodd-Cummings
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 31st district
In office
March 24, 1998 – January 27, 2002
Preceded byGregory Meeks
Succeeded byMichele Titus
Personal details
Born
Pauline Grace Monica Rhodd

August 24, 1945
Jamaica
DiedJanuary 27, 2002 (aged 56)
Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

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).[1] She emigrated to the United States in 1968, and settled in Queens.[2] 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. Congress[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "CUMMINGS, PAULINE G." at Social Security Info
  2. ^ CONCERN FOR HER NABE PROPELLED CARIB POL by Claire Serant, in the New York Daily News on July 22, 1998
  3. ^ Choices for the State Legislature; ...In a special election last March, voters...elected Pauline Rhodd-Cummings in the New York Times on September 4, 1998
  4. ^ MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION NAMING 80 STREETS, The Mayor's Office, on June 3, 2003
  5. ^ Rhodd-Cummings dead at 56 by Betsy Scheinbart, in the TimesLedger, of Queens, on January 31, 2002
  6. ^ Persaud, Felicia. "After Long Bout With Cancer, Rhodd-Cummings Dead At 56". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
31st District
1998–2002 		Succeeded by