Windows Still Ready for Irene, 9 Months Later

When Amy Sedaris sees the X, she becomes sad.

“I just imagine what their apartments must look like,” she said.

Ms. Sedaris, the comedian, actress, West Village resident and self-styled Martha Stewart of the harried and downtrodden, was talking about a citywide scourge that has lingered in plain sight for nearly a year: X’s and asterisks of tape affixed to…