NYC subtenant’s viral videos on alleged roommate from hell show padlocked doors, surveillance cameras and jars of urine

Nypost · Aug 11, 2026 · 1078 words · By Zoe Hussain

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NYC subtenant’s viral videos on alleged roommate from hell show padlocked doors, surveillance cameras and jars of urine See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A Brooklyn subtenant’s videos documenting his roommate from hell have gone viral on social media, depicting a hellish living situation that includes security cameras, padlocked doors — and roomies forced to go to the bathroom…

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Kyle “Bobby” Harvey, 30, said he started filming his nightmare antics of roomie Stephen Pulido in what he concluded was an effort by Pulido to force him and his other roommates out of the four-bedroom, $4,200-a-month Bushwick apartment.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Former roommate Carlos Brumfield, who lived with Pulido from March 2023 until June 2024?
How does this story connect Social Media Viral Content with Tenant-Landlord Conflict over the next few days?

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Claim 1: “Former roommate Carlos Brumfield, who lived with Pulido from March 2023 until June 2024”

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The Dexerto article mentions Carlos Brumfield's claims about being locked out, but it does not explicitly confirm the specific dates of residency (March 2023 to June 2024) mentioned in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Brumfield claimed Pulido once locked him out of his bedroom while he was showering, forcing him to cross a fire escape in a towel. Leo Mark Avery said he eventually decided it was safer to leav…
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/viral-roommate-from-he…

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Claim 2: “Harvey’s landlord, Justin Rubinstein, received multiple written notices of Pulido’s behavior, according to emails reviewed by The Post.”

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Claim 3: “Leo Mark Avery, who lived in the hellhole from January 2023 to the end of July 2024”

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One web search result ('Roommate Nightmare Goes Viral: Brooklyn Apartment Descends Into...') explicitly confirms that Leo Mark Avery lived in the apartment from January 2023 through the end of July 2024.

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web search NEUTRAL — Leo Mark Avery, who lived in the apartment from January 2023 through the end of July 2024, said disputes could involve shouting and banging on tables.
https://www.lifezette.com/2026/08/roommate-nightmare-goes-vi…

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Claim 4: “In late June, Pulido hired a process server to deliver a “notice to vacate” to Harvey”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of advertisements for 'Bavaro Adventure Park' in the Dominican Republic, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about a notice to vacate in Brooklyn.

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Claim 5: “The viral reels, which have racked up over 20 million views on Instagram”

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The provided evidence consists of generic search engine landing pages (Bing, Vimeo, Google Videos) and unrelated Wikipedia entries. No source confirms the 20 million views on Instagram.

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Claim 6: “Kyle “Bobby” Harvey, 30, said he started filming his nightmare antics of roomie Stephen Pulido in what he concluded was an effort by Pulido to force him and his other roommates out of the four-bedroom, $4,200-a-month Bushwick apartment.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the name 'Kyle' and a rapper named Kyle, but none of the search results confirm the specific details about the Bushwick apartment, the rent of $4,200, or the dispute with Stephen Pulido.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City at some time in their lives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Brooklyn

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Claim 7: “When Harvey was stuck in bed with severe pneumonia in February, Pulido allegedly locked the apartment’s only working bathroom from the inside and sealed the door with duct tape so his roommates couldn’t use it.”

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Two independent web search results ('Why Did a Brooklyn Roommate Feud Go Viral?' and 'Roommate Nightmare Goes Viral') both report that Pulido locked and duct-taped the bathroom while Harvey had pneumonia in February.

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web search NEUTRAL — In February, when Harvey was suffering from severe pneumonia, he alleged that Pulido locked the apartment’s only working bathroom from inside and used duct tape to prevent others from accessing it.
https://www.lifezette.com/2026/08/roommate-nightmare-goes-vi…

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web search NEUTRAL — The impact of working from home during COVID-19 on work and life.
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web search NEUTRAL — In February, he claimed Pulido locked the apartment’s only functioning bathroom and sealed the door with duct tape while he had pneumonia.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/social-media/nothing-is-yours-…

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Claim 8: “The reports include one filed on July 15 for getting into a verbal dispute that left him feeling “annoyed and harassed,” and another on June 29 for receiving “threatening text messages” that left him feeling “annoyed and alarmed,” according to an NYPD spokesperson.”

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Claim 9: “Pulido also installed a security camera in the shared living room, pointing it directly at Harvey’s $1,050-a-month bedroom, according to photos.”

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One web search result ('NYC tenant's viral videos on alleged roommate from hell show...') confirms the installation of the security camera pointing at the $1,050-a-month bedroom. Other results are irrelevant.

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Claim 10: “Harvey began subleasing the apartment in November 2023 after finding it online.”

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One web search result ('Roommate Nightmare Goes Viral: Brooklyn Apartment Descends Into...') explicitly confirms that Harvey began subleasing the apartment in November 2023. No other independent sources were provided to corroborate this.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harvey is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) product developed by the Counsel AI Corporation for the legal industry. The product has been described as a provider of customised large language mo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyle Thomas Harvey (born May 18, 1993), known mononymously as Kyle (stylized in all caps) and SuperDuperKyle (formerly known as K.i.D, an acronym for Kyle is Determined), is an American rapper, singer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_(musician)

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Claim 11: “Records also show the building’s registration expired in September 2024.”

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