|Exhibit 32.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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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 June 30, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Howard M. Leitner, 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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|Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|financial condition and result of operations of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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