|Exhibit 99.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|In connection with the Quarterly Report of Sequa Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Howard M. Leitner, Senior Vice President, Finance (Chief Financial Officer) of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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