article_snippet.sent: Adele Sarno (above) has been living in Adele Sarno (above) two-bedroom apartment for more than 50 years .
article_snippet.sent: Adele Sarno, 85, who has lived there for more than 50 years received a letter seeking to increase rent to the market rate of $3,500 a month, far more than the retired shopkeeper can afford.
article_snippet.sent: Adele Sarno, believes the Italian American Museum is just after more money, pointing out that The grandmother upstairs neighbors pay several thousand dollars a month in rent.
article_snippet.sent: Adele Sarno poses for picture in Adele Sarno apartment in the Little Italy section of Manhattan on March 31, 2015 .
article_snippet.sent: Adele Sarno believes the Italian American Museum is just after more money as Adele Sarno neighbors pay several thousand dollars a month in rent Adele Sarno said .
article_snippet.sent: On Saturday, a rally was held in support of Sarno keeping Sarno apartment as protesters gathered outside of a museum dedicated to that history to protest.
highlights_snippet.sent: Italian-American tenant Adele Sarno, 85, received a letter from her landlord, Italian American Museum, seeking to increase rent to market rate of $3,500 .
  