N.Y. Education Law § 687: Separability

§ 687. Separability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,

section or part of this article be adjudged by any court of competent

jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or

invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation

to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof

directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have

been rendered.