FightBackNY, a new political action committee, aims to unseat New York state senators who voted against a marriage equality bill late last year.  The committee was set up and funded by a group of donors to LGBT causes, most notably Tim Gill of Denver, Colorado, according to report in the New York Times.

“Politicians who deny gays and lesbians basic equality should be thrown out of office, starting with convicted criminal Hiram Monserrate,” said Bill Smith, an adviser to the committee.  Monserrate, a Democrat who was expelled from the senate by his colleagues after being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend, is running in a special election to regain his seat.

A handful of senate Democrats surprised marriage equality advocates late last year when they voted “no,” leading to a lopsided defeat.  But political observers say a few more committed Democrats would unlike key Republican votes in favor of the bill in the coming year.