N.Y. Veterans' Services Law § 43: Severability

§ 43. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or

part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent

jurisdiction to be invalid, the 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 of this article

directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have

been rendered.