N.Y. General Municipal Law § 698: Severability

§ 698. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or

part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent

jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not

affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, 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.