N.Y. General City Law § 39: Separability clause

§ 39. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article or

the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged

invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be

confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly

involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been

rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of

this article or the application thereof to other persons or

circumstances and the legislature hereby declares that it would have

enacted this article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such

provision or application thereof been apparent.