N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 416: Separability clause

§ 416. 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 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.