Upper Darby residents are pressing for answers about the township’s new treasurer after public records linked a local event hall to a run of unpaid local taxes and other financial filings. The revelations have put Mohammad “Danny” Sayduzzaman’s business interests and a nearby redevelopment project under a sharper community and legal microscope.
County court records show Upper Darby has filed 19 tax liens totaling $43,933 against the Dhaka Club Party Center at 8919 West Chester Pike, with roughly $12,000 of that amount already satisfied. Those township liens appear in the county listings maintained by the Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau, according to public documents cited by Broad + Liberty.
Conflicting ownership claims
Public corporation filings list Sayduzzaman’s wife, Tanzina Hossain, and a partner, Mohammad Ikbal, as officers of Dhaka Club Party Center LLC, while property paperwork ties different names to the deed for the building. A man identified in reporting as Mohammad Rahman told reporters, “This is mine,” and said he planned to pay the liens, a contradiction that has residents and officials sorting through competing ownership claims. Broad + Liberty
New disclosure, old lien
Documents posted online show that Sayduzzaman filed a corrected financial disclosure dated June 6, 2026, listing eight business interests, including the Dhaka Club. Public records on DocumentCloud also include an IRS notice recording a federal tax lien of $230,347 against Sayduzzaman and Hossain as of Sept. 30, 2024, a lien that does not appear on the corrected disclosure. DocumentCloud
Garrett Road redevelopment complicates oversight
Sayduzzaman and Hossain are also listed as developers on a planned conversion of the former Buick building at 600 Garrett Road, a project that received waiver approvals from the township in May and has been tied to a multi-million-dollar construction loan. An Upper Darby Council resolution granting conditional land-development approval spells out the waivers and conditions, while local planning notices and industry roundups show the project moving through municipal review. The Upper Darby Township resolution and a Suburban Realtors Alliance summary of planning activity both note the waivers and outline the next steps.
What the law requires
Pennsylvania’s ethics law requires filers to disclose the name and address of any creditor owed more than $6,500 on the state Statement of Financial Interests, a threshold meant to flag material debts that could create conflicts. The statute sets out the reporting thresholds and the types of income, creditors, and interests public officials must list. 65 Pa.C.S. § 1105
Taken together, the county liens, the federal filing, and the corrected disclosure have local watchdogs and some residents calling for clearer public answers about who actually owns the club, which liens remain outstanding, and whether the treasurer’s filings fully complied with state rules. Township planning documents show the Garrett Road project will continue under conditions set by council while the remaining paperwork is finalized.
