The following acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed:
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be deemed to repeal or in any wise affect the validity of the provisions of chapter five hundred and sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred and two; chapter three hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and three; chapters one hundred and seventeen, three hundred and ninety-four and five hundred and fifty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and three; chapter three hundred and eighty of the laws of nineteen hundred and four; chapters one hundred and eighteen, one hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and twenty-three, five hundred and forty, five hundred and forty-one, five hundred and forty-three, six hundred and forty-five, six hundred and seventy-six and six hundred and eighty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and five; but all of such acts are hereby continued in full force and effect.
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 252