State Assembly member Amy Paulin, Mayor Noam Bramson and Helen Doctorow, widow of author E.L. Doctorow, were at the New Rochelle Public Library on Thursday morning, Feb. 23, to announce a $125,000 grant from New York State that will support the Doctorow Legacy Initiative, honoring the acclaimed author in the city that inspired his best-known work, "Ragtime." The Doctorow Legacy Initiative also introduced sculptor Derek Chalfant, whose proposal was selected in an international RFP process last summer.