Pauline Rhodd-Cummings
Pauline Rhodd-Cummings (August 24, 1945 – January 31, 2002) was an American politician from New York.
Life
She was born Pauline Grace Monica Rhodd on August 24, 1945[1] in the island of Jamaica, the daughter of Roy Rhodd (1917–2003). She emigrated to the United States in 1968, and settled in Queens.[2] She married Michael Cummings, and they had one daughter.
She became active in community work, and entered politics as a Democrat. On March 24, 1998, she was elected to the New York State Assembly (31st D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Gregory W. 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.
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.[4]
On June 3, 2003, a street in Queens was named "Pauline Rhodd-Cummings Drive" in her honor.[5]
References
- ^ "CUMMINGS, PAULINE G." at Social Security Info
- ^ CONCERN FOR HER NABE PROPELLED CARIB POL by Claire Serant, in the New York Daily News on July 22, 1998
- ^ 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
- ^ Rhodd-Cummings dead at 56 by Betsy Scheinbart, in the TimesLedger, of Queens, on January 31, 2002
- ^ MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION NAMING 80 STREETS, The Mayor's Office, on June 3, 2003