February 3, 2006



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

Attention:  Filing Desk

RE:  Cytec Industries Inc. (CYT)

Dear Reader:

As permitted by instruction 7 of Form 4 and Form 5,I
hereby authorize each of Roy Smith and James Young,
severally and not jointly, to sign and file on my behalf
any Forms 4 or 5 I am required to file with respect to
the securities of Cytec Industries Inc. on or prior to
December 31, 2008.  This power of attorney supersedes a
power of attorney dated January 27, 2003 which gave
authority solely to Roy Smith.

I acknowledge that neither Roy Smith nor James Young are
assuming any of my responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act.

						Sincerely,




						/s/ Thomas P. Wozniak
						Thomas P. Wozniak