N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 75.35: Separability

§ 75.35 Separability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, 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 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.