N.Y. ENV Law § 36-0113

§ 36-0113. Miscellaneous.\n 1. In order to assure the continued availability of flood insurance in\nany community described in subdivision two or four of section 36-0105 of\nthis article while it completes the process of qualifying as a\nparticipant in the national flood insurance program, the department is\nauthorized and directed to provide technical assistance necessary to\nenable such local governments to assume their responsibilities in as\nexpeditious a manner as possible.\n 2. The commissioner shall review, and appropriately amend or repeal,\nall regulations of the department relating to the implementation of the\nformer article thirty-six of the environmental conservation law which\nwas repealed by the same chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred\nninety-two that enacted this article thirty-six.\n 3. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect the\nvalidity of any local law or ordinance heretofore enacted by any local\ngovernment.\n 4. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any\nperson or circumstances shall be adjudged invalid by a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in its\noperation to the controversy in which it was rendered, and shall not\naffect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of any section or\nthe application of any part thereof to any other person or circumstances\nand to this end the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be\nseverable.\n