Pauline Rhodd-Cummings (August 24, 1945 – January 27, 2002) was an American politician from New York.
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.