N.Y. General Municipal Law § 563: Separability clause

§ 563. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,

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

competent jurisdiction to be invalid such judgment shall not affect,

impair, or invalidate the remainder hereof, but shall be confined in its

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

directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have

been rendered.