N.Y. State Finance Law § 179-dd: Severability

§ 179-dd. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section 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.