|Exhibit 99.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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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 June 30, 2002 as filed with
      the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
      I, Norman E. Alexander, Chief Executive 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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|(1)  The Report fully complies
      with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
      Act of 1934; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|(2)  The information contained
      in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
      condition and result of operations of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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