2016 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 81 - (Civil Practice Law & Rules) COSTS GENERALLY
8103 - Costs where parties prevail upon separate issues.

  8103.  Costs  where  parties prevail upon separate issues. Upon the
  recovery of a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the  court  may  award
  costs  in  the  action  to  a  defendant  without  denying  costs to the
  plaintiff, if it determines that  a  cause  of  action  upon  which  the
  defendant prevailed is not substantially the same as any cause of action
  upon which the plaintiff recovered the judgment.