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Apr
ALBANY — Two high-ranking New York politicians have requested a court decision reversal which would tweak the regional political landscape.Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James recently filed a brief in support of allowing the state's Independent Redistricting Commission to flesh out new congressional maps before the 2030 U.S. Census.The bipartisan IRC failed to find common ground on draft proposals last spring, and thus prompted the state legislature to take over the process. But the Democratic supermajority's maps were rejected shortly thereafter in a court challenge on the basis of gerrymandering. Appointed to oversee the process before the general election…