N.Y. Municipal Home Rule § 55: Effect of unconstitutionality in part

§ 55. Effect of unconstitutionality in part. If any clause, sentence,

paragraph, section or part of this chapter 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.