N.Y. Social Services Law § 410-o: Separability

§ 410-o. 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.