If any word, clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or other part of this title is adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this title, but shall be confined in its operation to the word, clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or other part thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment is rendered.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 11-1211