Naming the Members of a LLC

[Mary Joe]

I am reviewing the process of setting up a LLC in NY, I don't see an area where the government asks who are the members of the LLC?

It only asks for the name of the person or agent in case papers need to be served.

Other than that, I don't see anywhere that asks for the info about the LLC members.

How does the government know or verify who the members are?

Do we just put that in the operating agreement and that's all? Does that alone make it official who are the members of the LLC.

Any advice would be appreciated

thanks

MJ