North Yorkshire Police officers said the incident happened on the racecourse side of the river in the Millennium Bridge area at around 12pm on Tuesday (August 22) as the woman, who is in her 50s, was walking her dog with her teenage daughter.
A police spokesperson said: "A man, who was also walking his dogs, barged into her while making misogynistic comments. Earlier in the day, the same man had carried out a similar offence against the same woman during a morning walk.
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