N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 119: Separability clause

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

section or part of this article, as originally added by chapter eight

hundred forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-seven, or as

amended or supplemented heretofore or hereafter, 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.