Before taking the helm of HNGN, Neil was the News Director at The Messenger. He is a veteran news editor, who served for four years as Managing Editor of Politics at the New York Post, covering New York City and state politics as well as national politics, including two presidential elections, two impeachments, and an ousted governor of New York. Before that, the 30-year newsroom veteran was courts editor at The Post and since 2005 also ran some of its biggest general news stories of the day. You can follow him on X @sloaneneil.