N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 8104: Costs in consolidated, severed or removed action

§ 8104. Costs in consolidated, severed or removed action. Where two or

more actions are consolidated, costs shall be awarded in the

consolidated action as if it had been instituted as a single action,

unless the order of consolidation otherwise provides. Where an action is

severed into two or more actions, costs shall be awarded in each such

action as if it had been instituted as a separate action, unless the

order of severance otherwise provides. Where an action is removed,

except pursuant to subdivision (d) of section three hundred twenty-five

of this chapter, costs in the action shall be awarded as if it had been

instituted in the court to which it is removed, unless the order of

removal otherwise provides and as limited by section eighty-one hundred

two of this chapter. Where an action is removed pursuant to subdivision

(d) of section three hundred twenty-five of this chapter, costs in the

action shall be awarded as if it had remained in the court from which it

was removed, as limited by section eighty-one hundred two of this

chapter.