N.Y. State Finance Law § 123-d: Security for costs

§ 123-d. Security for costs. At any stage of the action, upon motion

by the defendant, or upon its own initiative, the court may order the

plaintiff to give an undertaking for costs and taxable disbursements not

to exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. If plaintiff shall not

have given such undertaking at the expiration of sixty days from the

date of service of the order upon him or her, the court may, upon motion

of the defendant, dismiss the action and award costs to the defendant.

This section shall not apply to any action commenced by the attorney

general in the name of and on behalf of the people of the state.