Section 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.