Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Sequa Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2003 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:
	(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
	(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
			/s/ Howard M. Leitner
			Howard M. Leitner
			Chief Financial Officer
			March 12, 2004