| Pauline Rhodd-Cummings | |
| Birth Name: | Pauline Grace Monica Rhodd |
| Birth Date: | August 24, 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Jamaica |
| Death Place: | Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Death Date: | January 27, 2002 (aged 56) |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Office: | Member of the New York State Assembly from the 31st district |
| Termstart: | March 24, 1998 |
| Termend: | January 27, 2002 |
| Predecessor: | Gregory Meeks |
| Successor: | Michele Titus |
Pauline Rhodd-Cummings (August 24, 1945 – January 27, 2002) was an American politician from New York.
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.
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]
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]