N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 91.04

§ 91.04 Separability clause.\n If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter\nshall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,\nsuch judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder\nthereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,\nparagraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy\nin which such judgment shall have been rendered.\n